Hariri v. MORSE RUBBER PRODUCTS CO.

HAYDEN, Judge.

Vahid Hariri was employed by Electener-gy Technologies, Inc. (E.T.I.). He went to the Morse Rubber Plant (Morse) to conduct an energy study to induce Morse to hire E.T.I. as a consultant. While Hariri was conducting a power factor test, a fire occurred and Hariri was severely burned.

Hariri’s primary contention was a circuit panel was improperly marked and the lighting in the power room was poor. Testimony at trial indicated the central panel as marked “480-3 Main To Everything,” and contained 480 volts. The right panel, containing 2,300 volts, was unmarked. Hariri hooked up a…