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A miner sustained a burn to his right arm while pulling the 15 conveyor electrical disconnect switch.
The injured employee had attached a battery pac booster to the battery and starter of a drill. He realized the pack was not turned on. As he reached to turn the unit on, the unit exploded, fracturing his right thumb.
INSTALLING CONTACTOR BORROWED FROM YARD 41. EMPLOYEE ENERGIZED TO RUN, THEN WENT TO TEST TO SEE WHY IT WOULD NOT RUN. AS HE APPROACHED STARTER TO PUT TESTER ON, 3 PHASE POWER LOSS MODULE BLEW UP- ELECTRICAL BURN RIGHT HAND.
OPERATING 200 AMP SAFETY SWITCH WHEN BOX EXPLODED ELECTRIC ARC FLASH BURNS RIGHT ARM RIGHT SIDE OF FACE & NECK.
POURING ALCOHOL INTO AIR LINE TO THAW AIR SYSTEM ON A LOADER AND ALCOHOL HIT BULB AND EXPLODED. BURN TO RIGHT HAND THUMB AREA.
THE INJURED AND CO-WORKER WERE IN THE PROCESS OF SEARCHING FOR USABLE SPARE PARTS IN AN ABANDONED BUILDING WHEN AN APPARENT FLASH FIRE FROM AN ELECTRICAL BOX OCCURRED ENGULFING THE CO-WORKER. THE INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO EXTINGUISH THE CLOTHES ON FIRE OF THE CO-WORKER.
DRIVER HAD BACKED HIS SEMI-TRAILER INTO AN AREA HE RAISED HIS TRAILER BOX WHICH CONTACTED 32KV POWER LINE DRIVER LEFT CAB AND WAS ELECTROCUTED NOTE THIS MAN IS AN EMPLOYEE OF JACK GRAY TRANSPO RT-NOT OF MATERIAL SERVICE CORPORATION