Three Workers Burned in Los Angeles Electrical Arc Incident
By: Kevin Thompson
Vol: 33 | No: 22 | Published on: June 5, 2006
They were helping to decommission an old telephone book printing plant and thought cabling in an electrical room was deenergized. But two workers and a supervisor got a nasty surprise May 26 when they went to remove the cable and instead were engulfed in a burst of high-voltage energy. Cal/OSHA is investigating.