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WHILE WORKING ON A RESET BUTTON OF BREAKER DISCONNECT, USING AN INSULATED SCREWDRIVER, ELECTRICITY ARCED CAUSING A FIRE BALL.

WHILE REMOVING INSULATING SCREWDRIVER THAT WAS PROTRUDING AT RESET BUTTON OF DISCONNECT ON BREAKER, ELECTRICITY ARCED CAUSING A FIREBALL.

AFTER OPENING THE AIR BREAK TO WORK ON A TRANSFORMER EMPLOYEE CLIMBED TO TOP OF TRANSFORMER UNBEKNOWN THAT THE AIR BREAK HAD A BROKEN INSULATOR ONE LEG OF THE AIRBREAK FELL TO CLOSED POSITION GIVING THE EMPLOYEE AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK

ELECTRIC STARTER SHORTED OUT CAUSING THE DOOR OF THE SWITCH BOX TO FLY OPEN. DOOR STRUCK EE ON RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD. STARTED LOSING TIME ON 8-14-91 DUE TO SURGERY.

THE EE STATES W2ILE STANDING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ELECTRICAL BOX PUTTING PROBE ON TERMINAL THERE WAS AN ELETRICAL FLASH CAUSING ELETRICAL BURNS TO THE EYES & FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING A CO-WORKER CHECK AN ELECTICAL STARTER FOR CURRENT WHEN A FLASH OCCURRED.THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ALONG DIDE OF THE SWITVH BOX OBSERVING HIS PARTNER CHECKING TH CIRCUIT WITH A MULTI-METER INVESTIGATOR REVEALED THAT THE POSITIVE PROBE ON THE METER WAS PLUGGED INTO THE TEN AMPPOSITIVE HOLE IN ERROR CAUSING REJECTION BY METER AND CREATING A PHASE TO PHA

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING A 480 VOLT ELECTRIC STARTER FOR CURRENT WITH A MULTI-METER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE POSITIVE PROBE WAS PLACED AT THE TOP OF A FUSE AND THE NEGATIVE PROBE WAS PLAC E AT THE TOP OF ANOTHER 30 AMP. FUSE WHEN A FLASH OCCURRED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE POSITIVE WIRE ON THE MUTLI-METER WAS PLUGGED INTO THE 10 AMP. POSITIVE HOLE. THE METER DIDN\T ACCEP

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE I// AMP FUSES FROM A BOX THAT WAS NOT DE-ENERGIZED THE INJURED CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE BOTTOM BRASS CAP ON A FUSE AND SUFFERED A 277 VOLT ELECTRICAL SHOCK. HE WAS N NOT USING FUSE PULLERS AND STATES THAT HE THREW THE SWITH BUT DID NOT PULL IT DOWN FAR ENOUGH TO BREAK THE CIRCUIT. A SLIGHTLY BENT SAFETY CATCH ON THE DOOR OF THE BOX ALLOWED IT TO OPEN EVEN