“An electrical contractor has been convicted and fined on Wednseday over an electrical accident involving a trainee.

In 2007, ICE Engineering and Construction Pty Ltd had engaged the then 17-year-old man as a trainee. Sometime around April of that year, the trainee was assigned to a local business to help with work on a circuit distribution board.

He was using an insulated copper to touch a circuit breaker’s live part when an arc flash resulted.

The young man was knocked to the ground and suffered burns to his neck, face, and arms.”

“OSHA said the company failed to label electrical equipment with voltage and other ratings information and failed to provide electrical safety training to employees.”