The employee was kneeling down to measure for a new A/C unit when something bumped or pushed the guard into a terminal of the line reactor and caused to arc and burn the employee on the arm and side.
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Enon Sand & Gravel LLC · Flash burns (electric)
November 18, 1999
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
ELECTRICAL
Morrow Gravel Co · Contact with electrical current
STARTED PLANT THAT MORNIGN. PEA GRAVEL BELT KICKED OFF. TRIED TO RESTART BELT STARTER IN PANEL BOX EXPLODED SENDING 480 BOLTS BACK TO START BUTTON. WAS THROWN AWAY FROM PANEL. BREAKER DID NOT KICK OUT WAS TAKEN TO BETHESOLA CARE CENTER FOR EXAMINATION AND WAS SENT TO JEWISH HOSPITAL.
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