Safety Flash
Failure to plan properly: electrician sustains serious burns (UK HSE)
Failure to plan properly: electrician sustains serious burns (UK HSE)
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 24/22
- Contractor ManagementElectrical SafetyIsolationSimultaneous Operations
- Electric shockElectrical safetyExplosion
- Electrical work
- Hand tools
- Competence and trainingContractor managementEnergy and process isolationSimultaneous operations coordination
- Onshore facility
Summary
An electrician suffered serious burns at a supermarket warehouse when his metal spanner contacted a live busbar, causing an electrical explosion. Generator connection work alongside high-voltage maintenance lacked adequate planning and contractor coordination. The flash highlights failures to stop the circuit supply and appoint a competent person to organise the work.
Classifications: Electric shock; electrocution.
Classifications: Electrical safety; electrical hazards.
Classifications: Explosion; explosive atmospheres.
Classifications: Electrical work; electrical maintenance.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Contractor management; contractor assurance.
Classifications: Energy and process isolation; isolation; energy isolation.
Classifications: Simultaneous operations coordination; SIMOPS; simultaneous operations.
Classifications: Onshore facility; onshore plant.
Summary
Poorly coordinated generator connection work allowed live electrical work and caused serious burns to an electrician.
IMCA SF 24/22. Themes: contractor management, electrical safety, isolation, simultaneous operations.