EE WAS CHECKING VOLTAGE ON CONVEYOR BELT AND THE ELECTRICAL BOX BLEW UP, BURNING BOTH OF HIS HANDS.
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October 25, 1996
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
ELECTRICAL
Le Grand Johnson Construction Company · Flash burns (electric)
January 4, 1989
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
ELECTRICAL
Le Grand Johnson Construction Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
TRAP FEED WOULD NOT START ON CRUSHING UNIT. INJURED GOT ELECTRICAL TESTER TO TROUBLE SHOOT THE PROBLEM. IT APPEARS THAT POSSIBLY THE PROBES TOUCHED EACH OTHER WHILE CONNECTED TO THE 440 LEGS. THIS CAUSED A DEAD SHORT AND THE WIRES AND CIRCUIT BREAKER BLEW INTO A BALL OF FIRE.
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