# ELECTRICAL
> MSHA accident `220090790010` · 03/16/2009 · Round Mountain Gold Corporation
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** ELECTRICAL
- **Accident type:** Flash burns (electric)
- **Occupation:** Master electrician
- **Activity:** Electrical maintenance
- **Injury source:** ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** ELECT.ARC BURN-NOT CONTAC
- **Body part:** UPPER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 8.92 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Kinross Gold Corp
- **Operator:** Round Mountain Gold Corporation
- **Mine:** [2600594](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2600594)
## Narrative

An employee was using a Fluke T5-1000 meter to check for stray current/static electricity in the housing of a filter resistor bank. The employee placed one lead on the ground wire. When they placed the other lead against the bottom left corner of the housing, an arc occurred destroying the meter and causing burns to the employee's hands and wrists.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*