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INSULATORS ON THE BACK OF SAFETY SWITCH BOX EVIDENTLY HAD CRACKED, AND WHEN HH PUSHED IN A PAIR OF FUSES IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE THE BOX CAUGHT ON FIRE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CH5RGING THE BATTERY OF A TOW MOTOR. HE ATTEMPTED TO START THE TOW MOTOR W CHARGE CABLES STILL ATTACHED TO BATTERY. APPARENTLY A SPARK OCCURED, CAUSING THE BATTERY TO BLOW UP.
I. NAME WAS STANDING ON A BUCVET WATCHING THE ELECTRICIAN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE A WIRE FROM A HOT BOX. THE ELECTRICIANS\S SCREWDRIVER SHORTED OUT TWO HOT WIRES, CAUSING AN ENORMOUS AR C, BURNING BOTH EMPLOYEES.
HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN A HOT 480 VOLT WIRE. HE STUCK A SCREWDRIVER INTO THE BOX AND SHORTED ACROSS TWO HOT LEADS, CAUSING A TREMENDOUS ARC. THE SCREWDRIVER TOUCHED TWO HOT WIRES OR GROUND ED AGAINST THE BACK OF THE BOX CAUSING AN ENORMOUS ARC, BURNING EMPLOYEE.