Archive for the ‘Arc Flash Fines’ Category

January 25

Arc Flash of Electrical Trainee Results in a Fine.

Posted by Hugh Hoagland
Filed under Arc Flash Fines, Arc Flash/Shock Safety, International Arc Flash Standards | No Comments

“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.”

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January 19

OSHA fined South Reading (PA) Blacktop plant $4,250 for safety violations in an arc flash that injured two workers.

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

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