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Employee was throwing a breaker and the box exploded, knocking him down. He received burns to his face.

EE was changing wires in breaker panel for the Simplicity screen when electrical wire came in contact with another wire or metal box creating a ball of fire. Heat from ball of fire caused burns.

Report late due to no contractor id#. Employee contacted 4160v bus bar. Employee mistakenly dissconnected wrong cut out switch on power pole. Employee trying to change out cable to 4160v motor when contact was made. Employee slightly burned on right hand & thigh. Taken to hospital, he was treated & released. After discussion with MSHA & receiving contractor # report submitted.

WHILE TIGHTENING THE SCREWS TO A BREAKER IN AN ELECTRICAL BOX THE SCREWDRIVER MADE CONTACT WITH THE METAL FRAME CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL SHORT & F LASHBURNS TO EE'S EYES. HE WAS GIVEN PRESCRIPTIO N FOR HIS EYES.

WHILE TIGHTENING THE SCREWS TO A BREAKER IN AN ELECTRICAL BOX THE SCREWDRIVER MADE CONTACT WITHTHE METAL FRAME CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL SHORT AND ELECTRICAL BURNS TO EMPLOYEE'S FACE, EYES AND FOREARM.

INJURED EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT AN AMP METER COUNTED ON AN ELECTRICAL CABINET. ALTHOUGH STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, IT APPEARS THAT ELECTRICITY ARCED TOWARDS HIS RIGHT ARM. THE ELECTRICITY , (4160 VOLTS) SOUGHT GROUND TO THE CABINET, MISSING HIS ARM. HE RECEOVE AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK THROUGH CONTACT WITH THE CABINET.

CONTRACTOR SUSTAINED ELECTRICAL SHOCK FROM WELDING TRUCK DUE TO WET CONDITIONS.

EMPLOYEE PLUGGED IN PERSONAL CELL PHONE POWER SUPPLY CHARGER INTO 110 VOLT OUTLET. A "POP" NOISEOCCURRED. EMPLOYEE SAID HE FELT SHOCK. ELECTRICIAN CHECKED OUTLET OUT AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. B REAKER TO OUTLET WAS KICKED OUT. ELEC. THOUGHT PROBLEM WAS WITHIN THE CELL PHONE CHARGER.

EE WAS PUTTING IN A KO PLUT IN THE TOP OF THE SPARE SWITCH BOX WHICH WAS MISSING A PLUG AT THE TOP. EE HAD PULLED THE SWITCH IN THE OFF POSITION BUT NOT THE MAIN SWITCH PROCEDDING THIS SWITH. AS HE PUSHED HT EPLUG IN, IT FELL INSIDE THE SWITCH AND MADE CONTACT WITH HOT SECTIONS INSIDE THE SWITCH BOX AND BLEW UP BURNING HIS ARM AND FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING ELVATOR USING CONTROL BOX. FUSE BOX SHORTED OTU AND PANEL HIT EMPLOYEE INF ACE. BROKE NOSE. CONTROLS BURNED HANDS.

FUSE BLOWN AND ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE FUSE. 1ST AND2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE AND ARMS.

REMOVING TAKUP #3 CONVEYOR, CRANE WAS BOOMED INTO HI VOLTAGE WIRE AND OPERATOR DID NOT NOTICE. WAS SHOCKED & THROWN BACK WHEN ATTEMPTING TO UNHOOK BLOCK FROM FRONT OF MACHINE.

WORKING ON STARTER BOX FLASH BURNS TO RIGHT AND LEFT HANDS, FACE AND STOMACH.

EE WAS TERMINATING A CONTROL WIRE ON A TERMINATION BLOCK IN THE MCC #6. THE BREAKER WAS OFF AND ONLY THE FEED POWER TO THE TOP OF THE BREAKER WAS ENERGIZED. SOMETHING OF UNKNOWN QUALITY ARCED ACROSS THE PHASES TO GROUND, CAUSING FLASH BURN TO HANDS.

EMPLOYEE CAME IN CONTACT WITH A 440 ELECTRICAL WIRE THAT WAS EXPOSED

EE TRUCK WOULD NOT START SO HE OPENED THE HOOD TO TURN THE BATTERY POST HE THEN ASK EE TO START TRUCK TRUCK WOULD NOT START HE THEN TURNED THE BATTERY POST AGAIN & THEN THE BATTERY EXPLODED & HE GOT BATTERY ACID & DIRT IN HIS FACE & EYES

EE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE A JAW DIE WHEN A SUDDEN LOAD CRACK OF THUNDER LIGHTING FLASHED AND HE SAID HE HAD BEEN HIT. HE SAID DOWN AND SAID HE WAS DIZZY BURT HE SEEMED TO BE ALRIGHT.

THIS WAS NOT A MINE RELATED ACCIDENT. THIS SHOULD BE A CODE 10. THIS IS NOT OUR EMPLOYEE. THE SUBCONTRACTOR ENTERED OUR PROPERTY WITHOUT PROVIDING NOTIFICATION TO THE MINE OPERATOR. IN THE PRO CESS OF CUTTING TREES IN OUR FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL, A FELLED TREE CROSSED A 12,000 VOLT POWERLINE. THE SUBCONTRACTOR ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE LIVE WIRE FROM THE FELLED TREE AND WAS FATALLY INJURED

EMPLOYEE WAS JUMP STARTING A 450 HOUGH LOADER AND A 91 EUCLID HAUL TRUCK. CAUSED AN ARC ABOVE BATTERIES CAUSING BATTERIES TO EXPLODE.

THIS WAS AN UNEXPECTED BOLT OF LIGHTNING EE WAS WORKING ON THE JAW CRUSHER WHEN THE LIGHTNING HIT A MACHINE NEAR BY CAUSING A JOLT TO EE WE HAD HIM XRAYED & CHECKED OUT AS A PRECAUTIONARY THER E WRE NO PROBLEMS

38595 WAS NO ELECTRICITY IN SHOP HE WAS CHECKING STATION TO SEE IF A FUSE WAS BLOWN FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON HE CROSSED THE SAFETY LINE & GOT TO CLOSE TO A LIVE WIRE HE THOUGHT WAS DEAD

68935 MAKING A VOLTAGE CHECK AT THE PANEL, THE TEST PROBES SHORTED CAUSIGN AN ELECTRICAL BURN TO THE HANDS.

ELECTRICAL FIRE IN BREAKER ROOM OCCURRED WHERE I WAS PRESENT AND RAN FOR SAFETY. TRIED TO CLEAR AWAY FROM A POTENTIALLY ELECTRICAL SHOCK SITUATION AS QUICKLY AND FELL.

EMPL JUMP-STARTING CRUSHER ENGINE AND BATTERY BLEW UP.

EMPLOYEE WAS ENGAGING 440 SWITCH BOX TO AIR COMPRESSOR IN SHOP WHEN STARTING EMPLOYEE NOTICED BOX HUMMING & STARTED TO DISENGAGE WHEN BOX EXPLOADED BURNING RT HAND

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING CONDULET COVER AND MOVING 110 VOLT WIRES WHEN HE WAS ELECTRICALLY SHOCKED. HE WAS SEEN A PHYSICIAN FOR A BROKEN FINGER FROM PUNCHING A DOOR IN ANGER WHEN ON AUG 9, 1991 T HE PHYSICIAN IDENTIFIED A PERSISTANT HEADACHE AND DOUBLE VISION WERE ATTRIBUTABLE.

REMOVING BATTERY CABLE FROM BATTERY IT SHORTED OUT BURNED RI NG FINGER ON R HAND

OPERATING 200 AMP SAFETY SWITCH WHEN BOX EXPLODED ELECTRIC ARC FLASH BURNS RIGHT ARM RIGHT SIDE OF FACE & NECK.

INJURED ADN HELPER HAD REPLACED CONTACT BLOCK AND REPLACED FUSES IN 3 PHASE SWITCH BOX. THEY HAD A SPARE FUSE THAT THEY WERE UNSURE OF AND DECIDED TO TEST IT. INJURED TOOK FUSE AND STUCK ONE E ND AGAINST HOT POLE OF BOX AND WHEN REACHED FOR FOR AMP TESTER APPARENTLY MOVED THE FUSE END UPWARDS AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE SWITCH BAR. THE FUSE AND BAR ARCED BURNINGHIM AND MADE SMOKE SOM

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TROUBLE SHOOT AN ENERGIZED FUSED DISCONNECT WITH A VOLT OHM METER. WHILE USING THE METER WHICH WAS SET TO OHMS IT CAUSED ARCING OF THE DISCONNECT AND CAUSED EE TO STUMBLE INTO THE DISCONNECT CONTACTS THIS RESULTED IN SEVERED BURNS TO BOTH HANDS.

STARTING TRUCK CAP FROM BATTERY BLEW OFF HIT ON R SIDE OF FACE SM AMOUNT OF ACID IN EYE

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING READY TO SERVICE THE SWITCH FOR THE CANICA CRUSHER. HE FAILED TO DEENERGIZE THE ELECTRICAL SWITCH, AND THE MAIN GEAR EXPLODED.

EMPLOYEE WAS JUMP STARTING A BATTERY WHEN THE BATTERY BLEW UP, STRIKING HIM ON THE WRIST AND CAUSING A SPRAIN.

THE INJURED AND CO-WORKER WERE IN THE PROCESS OF SEARCHING FOR USABLE SPARE PARTS IN AN ABANDONED BUILDING WHEN AN APPARENT FLASH FIRE FROM AN ELECTRICAL BOX OCCURRED ENGULFING THE CO-WORKER. THE INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO EXTINGUISH THE CLOTHES ON FIRE OF THE CO-WORKER.

EMPL PULLED FUSED IN SWITCH BOX SO BELT WOULDNT RUN WHILE THEY EMPTIED BUNKERS OF CONTAMINATED MATERIAL.BLEW 1 FUSE AS REPLACED THEM HAD PULLED HANDLE LOCKED OUT AND REPLACED 2 FUSES AND AS RE PLACED THE 3RD,THE BOX BLEW UP.LOOKED PROPERLY DISENGAGED.

EMPLOYEE WAS RAISING BOX LID ON LOADER O HE COULD JUMP START A EUCILD TRUCK. THE LID SLIPPED OFF BOX AND CONTACTED THE POSTIVE POST ON BATTERY. THIS CAUSED A SPARK WHICH IN TURN CAUSED BOTH BATTERIES TO EXPLODE IN EMPLOYEES FACE.

WORKING ON ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT & WAS SHOCKED.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ATTACH A GROUND WIRE TO THE NEGATIVE BUS WHEN THE GROUND WIRE CONTACTED A 480 BOLT TERMINAL.

PUMP WOULD NOT START EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING BATTERY WHEN A WRENCH CAME IN CONTACT WITH BATTERY TERMINAL CAUSING BATTERY TO EXPLODE

EMPLOYEE WAS TROUBLESHOOTING AND RESETTING A BREAKER WHEN IT EXPLODED.

EMPLOYEE WAS TE8TING TERMINALS WITH VOLTAGE TGESTER TERMINALS WENT PHASE-TO-PHASE & PHASE-TO-GROUND EMPLOYEE RECEIVED 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS FROM RESULTING FIRE E XPLOSION

OPERATOR WAS WROKING WITH GIFFORD-HILL CREW MOVING A LARGE HOPPER ON R/R TRACKS. THE CREW WAS MOVING THE HOPPER BACK & FORTH CURVING THE TRACKS EACH TIME TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF T HE H OPPER WHEN ONE SET OF WHEELS CAME OFF THE TRACK SAT MORN. & REQUIRED AL DAY YO REPAIR. MEANWHILE MARTIN ELECT. COMM CONT EXTENDED A 4160 FIELD LINE OVER THE OPPOSITE END OF THE TRACKS. SUN MO