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EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING 480-VOLT ELECTRICAL LEADS FROM ONE OF CONTACTORS MOUNTED ON A PANEL INSIDE A ELECTRIC HEATING UNIT.AS THE PHASE LEADS WERE LOOSENED AND PULLED FREE,TWO LEADS TOUCHED RESU LTING IN AN ELECTRICAL ARC WHICH BRUISED THE EYES OF THE EMPLOYEE.THE EMPLOYEE HAD FAILED TO FOLLOW LOCKOUT PROCEDURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING SMOLDERING OPEN GEAR LUBRICANT FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE SHOVEL HOUSE ROLLERS BY REACHING THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE FRAME OF THE SHOVEL. THE CUTTING OF A BOLT WITH A TORC H CAUSED THE SMOLDERING. IN THE PROCESS, HIS HAND CAME CLOSE TO THE HIGH VOLTAGE COLLECTOR RING AND HE DREW AN ARC TO HIS LEFT HAND FROM THE RING. BURNS RESULTED TO HIS HAND AND ARM.