Equipment Breakdown Claim Examples
Electrical Losses
Office Building
Electrical arcing destroyed three main electrical panels and left an office building without power. Temporary measures were taken to restore power to tenants – particularly to an accounting firm that was in the height of tax season.
Total Loss: $1,597,389
Apartment Building
An apartment complex's aluminum electrical supply bus burned out, severely damaging electrical wires and cables. Angry residents had to be relocated to temporary housing.
Equipment Repair Cost: $118,681
Relocation Cost: $72,152
Total Loss: $190,833
Furniture Manufacturer
Sawdust in an electrical distribution panel severely damaged the interior of the panel. Overtime was required to make up lost production.
Repair Cost: $21,087
Extra expenses: $14,600
Total Loss: $35,687
Mechanical Losses
Hospital
A turbine generator supplying power to a hospital failed when blades broke and penetrated the engine.
Total Loss: $292,513
Printer
A bolt came loose and fell into a high-speed press, damaging the cylinder and gears.
Total Loss: $136,693
Machine Shop
A power surge from a utility line damaged two computer circuit boards, halting a metal shearing operation for nearly a week. Materials and workers were sent to another plant several hundred miles away to meet production requirements.
Repair Cost: $9,485
Extra Expense: $42,541
Total Loss: $52,026
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Losses
Apartment Building
An air conditioning motor burned out in a high-rise, senior citizen's apartment building. Ninety-plus degree temperatures necessitated setting up four rented "spot coolers." Overtime was required to get the motor back on line.
Property Damage: $83,557
Extra Expense: $16,794
Total Loss: $100,351
Food Processor
An ammonia line ruptured when a compressor crankshaft and its connecting rod broke. Fresh scallops were contaminated with ammonia. Rental units were needed while the new compressor was installed.
Total Loss: $65,289
Medical Clinic
A control on a medical clinic's refrigerator suffered damage, causing the temperature to dive into single-digit temperatures. Drugs, which normally are stored between 36 to 43 degrees, had to be discarded.
Total Loss: $21,953
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Losses
School
Sediment in a boiler caused a low-water condition that resulted in severe over-firing damage, shutting down the boiler – and a school. A rental unit was needed until the damaged boiler could be replaced.
Property Damage: $98,500
Extra Expense: $25,164
Total Loss: $123,664
Manufacturer
A faulty circuit in a water pump caused a fire tube boiler to dry fire. The boiler was severely damaged.
Total Loss: $90,600
Church
A section of a boiler and a steam pipe fitting cracked. Steam damaged the church organ, choir robes, and public address system.
Total Loss: $34,969
Business Equipment and Systems Losses
Municipal Building
A power surge damaged a generator, burned out police radio equipment, printed circuit boards for a fire alarm system, a small transformer, and small electric motors.
Total Loss: $90,160
Office Building
Electrical power supply voltage fluctuation caused two telephone system terminal boards to burn out.
Total Loss: $52,500
Service Station
A power surge damaged a service station's electronics, including the computerized diagnostic system, telephone, paging system and the security system.
Total Loss: $33,388