Electrical engineer dies after receiving burns from an electrical panel in California

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• Personal Author:
  Fowler, John ; Harrison, Robert
• Corporate Authors:
  California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Health Services
• Description:
  A 33-year-old male electrical engineer (victim) died from injuries sustained in an electrical fire, while trying to get the serial number from an electrical panel. The building where the incident occurred was being used as a movie production studio. The victim had come in for his final paycheck and was no longer employed by the production company at the time of the incident. He went to investigate a problem concerning an electrical panel which had caused a power outage and an employee injury one hour earlier that morning. During the incident co-workers heard screams and went to the location where the victim was located
  
  however, no one witnessed the actual incident. When the co-workers arrived, they found the victim on fire and screaming that he hadn't touched anything. The California FACE investigator concluded that, in order to prevent future similar occurrences, building owners and employers should: 1. install and maintain a sprinkler system and fire extinguishers should be located on site and in good working order. 2. conduct initial jobsite surveys to make sure the site is a safe place for all employees and subcontractors. 3. provide and implement a written and documented safety training plan for all employees and subcontractors. 4. develop and implement lockout/tagout procedures for all electrical panels. 5. train employees in CPR and First Aid so that if the paramedics or police do not arrive immediately, victims can be administered basic CPR & First Aid.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Electric Injuries Electricity Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Electric-properties Electrical-burns Electrical-charge Electrical-hazards Electrical-properties Electrical-safety Electrical-systems Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 9 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Electrocution
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE92CA002
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026955
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2008-100186
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 92CA002, 1993 Apr ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Performing Organization:
  California Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  51 - Information - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ac52c0ef76112057a776f0a5464a6de49f831dc71293061603ed524aeb6c8f45db148b1bf0c967d9228e33de2c7c0cd5cd129b18f29cfdc7402c7a52f5832e27
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169070/cdc_169070_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 18.70 KB ]