Second
Quarter – April to June, 2004
Date & Program Location Accident
Description
MIS
ID #
Accidents - Fatal:
April 13th Industrial Stratford Worker
made contact with live exposed conductors, system
1053855 voltage was 575 volts, worker
was electrocuted. Worker was
switching
phases to change direction of motor rotation at the
time
of contact.
June 2nd Construction Toronto Worker was on scaffolding, doing
work on overhead lights.
1052180 Worker made contact with
energized conductor, fell off
scaffolding.
Voltage of lighting system not given.
June 2nd Construction Ottawa Worker was making changes in an
electrical circuit, made
1052214 contact with an energized
conductor. Voltage of conductor
not
given.
Accidents - Critical:
April 23rd Industrial Mississauga Electrical apprentice was doing work in
an electrical room.
1054312 Allan key contacted a live wire,
causing an arc. Worker was
burned
to face, chest and arm.
May 3rd Industrial North York Worker closed a circuit breaker inside an electrical room.
1051766 Panel blew up, worker received 2nd
degree burns to face and
right
hand. Operating voltage of panel not
given.
June 16th Industrial Fort Erie Worker was using a multimeter to measure
voltage. Selector
1056513 switch was set to VOLTAGE, but
leads were still set up for
measuring
resistance. Overcurrent from meter’s
internal arc
causing
arcing at the probe tips, resulting in phase-to-phase
arcing
on the line side terminals of a 600 V fused disconnect.
Worker
severely burned from the heat of the arc.
June 29th Industrial Burlington Worker was doing infrared PM scans of
electrical connections.
1056024 As part of procedures, worker
used meter to check voltages.
Meter
was rated for 750 volts, equipment was operating at its
designed
voltage of 4160 V. Worker was severely
burned on
both
forearms from resulting electrical arc.
Accidents - Non-Critical:
April 1st Industrial Burlington Electrician was doing wiring
work, wires were live. Worker
1052980 crossed a connection, caused an
arc. Worker suffered burns to
both
arms. No details given for voltage or
type of equipment.
April 11th Mining Sudbury Worker
sustained an electrical shock while trouble-shooting
1054448 the electrical system on an
underground vehicle.
April 14th Construction St. Catherines Worker contacted 600 V conductor while working inside
a
1054431 section of a control panel. Lockout had been done for the
other
sections of the panel, but not for the 600 V feed to this
section. Worker received a mild shock from the
contact.
April 19th Industrial London Worker
received an electrical shock while stirring soup in a
1054114 crockpot. No details given of what part of the
equipment was
defective.
April 22nd Construction Mississauga Worker received electrical burns. No details given of what
1054277 work was being done at the time.
May 6th Construction Hamilton Worker
contacted 110 volts while re-shingling a roof.
1055239
May 12th Industrial Tiverton Control
Technician was working on generator brush gear,
1054936 contacted 170 volts. Worker was wearing rubber gloves, made
contact
at glove base. Worker taken to hospital
and released.
May 19th Construction Grimsby Two workers contacted 4800
volts, no details given of work
1055303 being done at the time. Although the event description said
that no injuries were suffered in the contact, I
placed the event
here, due to the fact that a contact was made by the
worker.
May 26th Industrial Ottawa Worker
changing a light when it blew, knocking him off a
1055500 ladder. Worker had sore head and ribs. No details given on
type
of light involved.
June 1st Construction Hamilton Worker
contacted a buried 8 kV power cable while installing
1055006 anchor pins for a concrete
form. Cable was only about 4 “
deep
in this spot, worker received minor burns to his arms.
June 10th Industrial Toronto Worker received
a shock from a 240 V heat lamp while trying
1056313 to move the beam that the light
was mounted on.
June 12th Industrial Thunder Bay A non-worker (4 year old child) received
a shock from an
1056518 energized electrical cord. The cord was part of a ride at a
children’s
public amusement park.
June 14th Construction Hamilton Worker
cut into an energized conductor while using a quick-
1055605 cut saw. Conductor was energized at 8,000 volts to
ground,
worker
received burns to right arm, left hand and shoulder.
June 22nd Industrial Niagara Falls Worker was vacuuming with the cord
draped around her neck.
1056718 touched a metal strip on a door
and received a shock. Cord
had
cuts where the copper conductor could be seen.
June 23rd Industrial Municipality Workers were demolishing office panels to
make room for
1013931 not
given more desks. Both workers received shocks, no information
given
as to the source of the electricity.
June 23rd Industrial Toronto Worker received
a shock from a 15 A outlet, resulting in a
1056942 4 inch gash to his right
forearm. No details given of work
being
done at the time.
Reportable
Incidents - Powerline Contacts:
April 6th Construction Ottawa Work being done under a power
line caused the fuse for the
1053465 line to blow. No details given on what may have contacted
the
line.
April 6th Construction Thunder Bay Homeowner cut down a tree, tree brought down a 240 V
line.
1053468
April 8th Construction Brampton Electrical contact made, primary cable cut. No details given of
1053839 equipment involved.
April 13th Construction Dundas Shovel contacted 240 V secondary
buried cable.
1054047
April 14th Construction Vaughan Spider system made contact with
an overhead power line.
1054015
April 16th Mining Levack While
pulling muck from a chute, a rockbolt flowing with the
1054095 material contacted the trolley
line. Resulting fire caused
damage
to the trolley skirting and to air and water lines.
April 18th Mining Sudbury Dump
truck took down all three phases of a power line.
1054104
April 22nd Construction Kanata Contractor chose not to wait
until the utility could supervise
1054320 the excavation work. Contractor dug up the primary cable,
cut
off power to 110 customers.
April 28th Construction Caledonia Event classified as electrical. No other details given.
1016729
April 29th Construction Timmins Event classified as power line
contact. No other details given.
1052272
April 30th Construction Waterdown Excavator contacted a buried 240 V secondary cable.
1018794
May 5th Construction Sombra Contact made with a 4500 V power
line while workers
1054728 Township were doing work on a bridge.
May 6th Construction Toronto Event description said power
outage with no injuries.
1051777 No other details given.
May 6th Construction Richmond Hill Power line contacted, no other details of
event given.
1054754
May 10th Construction Brampton Workers doing a trenching operator, cut a 27 kV buried
1054855 cable. No locates had been done.
May 11th Construction Cambridge Excavator knocked down a power line.
1020265
May 12th Construction Warkworth Worker was cutting tree branches, branches contacted the
1054956 power line.
May 14th Construction Port Dover Excavator hit and damaged a padmount transformer.
1016750
May 16th Industrial Thunder Bay Worker were using a motorized lift to
install a sign. Hydro
1055163 line contacted, line broke and
came down.
May 19th Construction Townsend Crane struck an 4800 V overhead power line.
1036409
May 27th Construction Sudbury Contractor doing blasting, blast
caused shifting of a buried
1021192 duct. Duct movement caused the cable to break.
May 27th Industrial Timmins Contractor was
using a boom truck, boom contacted a
1052321 2700 V overhead line.
May 28th Construction Hamilton Contractor
used hand digging to find the location of a
1054660 buried secondary cable. Then used a backhoe, and he
found
it.
May 28th Construction Thunder Bay Contact was made with the overhead secondary service
1055683 to a residence. No information given on equipment
involved
in the contact.
May 28th Construction Sault Ste. Marie Building being demolished, contact made with an
energized
1055997 cable. No information given on equipment involved.
May 31st Construction Orleans Worker doing excavating,
contacted a buried line.
1052211
June 2nd Construction Kingston Event classified as electrical, no other details given.
1013202
June 7th Construction Waterloo Backhoe hit a 4 kV buried power line.
1053007
June 7th Construction Kitley Power trencher dug up a 240 V
buried line.
1056128 Township No locates done.
June 9th Construction Niagara Falls Event classified as a power line contact, event description
1056169 mentioned machinery moving a
bridge.
June 10th Construction Peterborough Raised box of a dumptruck hit a 24 kV
power line.
1056274
June 11th Construction Ottawa Equipment contacted a power
line, no other details given.
1013922
June 11th Construction Cayuga Dumptruck raised its box,
contacted a power line.
1036422
June 11th Construction Oakville Truck contacted overhead hydro
line, knocked down a pole.
1056367 Line energized at 13 kV.
June 12th Construction Brampton Backhoe cut a 27 kV buried cable.
1056393
June 15th Industrial Thunder Bay Workers were digging, contacted a
buried electrical cable.
1011937
June 15th Construction Windsor Raised box of dumptruck
contacted overhead power lines.
1054438
June 15th Construction Woodbridge Contact made with a buried hydro
cable. No details given of
1054904 equipment involved.
June 15th Construction Copetown Auger in back of pickup truck was in the raised
position.
1055655 Truck moved, auger contacted
hydro lines.
June 16th Construction Cambridge Driver of dump truck drove away while box was still
coming
1020289 down. Box ripped down the neutral of the overhead line.
June 17th Construction Toronto Crane contacted overhead power
line.
1055231
June 21st Construction Mississauga 600 V feeder cable was damaged by
machinery. No other
1055668 details given.
June 23rd Construction Mississauga Event classified as power line
contact. No other details given.
1028736
June 24th Construction Ingersoll Event classified as electrical
occurrence. No other details
1036430 given.
June 24th Construction Hamilton Event
classified as power line contact. No
other details given.
1055854
June 24th Industrial Hamilton Truck box hooked a sagging wire, knocked off the
power.
1056008 &
1056908 (same event)
June 29th Industrial Thunder Bay Forklift contacted a secondary hydro
line.
1057075
June 30th Industrial Waterdown Backhoe dug up a buried cable, no locates had been done.
1056106
And Finally……..
April 4th Industrial Kitchener Worker passed out while walking to his desk. No information
1056565 given on height of paperwork
sitting in worker’s IN basket.
Please note, my calendar says that April 4th was a Sunday.
Fatals: Criticals: Non-criticals: Powerline Electrical
Contacts: Equipment:
2004 3 4 16 48 0
2003 3 7 25 39 0
2002 1 9 17 28 1
2001 1 13 12 32 2
2000 2 5 22 34 1
1999 2 9 22 32 0
1998 2 4 17 30 0
Information taken
from Ministry of Labour MIS database
Report prepared: August 4, 2004
Assembled by: Michael Reiser
Engineer
PSS
– Kitchener District
Phone: (519) 883-5682
FAX: (519) 883-5694
E-Mail: mike.reiser@mol.gov.on.ca