Electrocutions, electric shocks

Name: Electrocutions, electric shocks at Coastal Building Materials
Start: 1/23/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015010755 · 1/23/2015 · Coastal Building Materials

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury: Electrocutions, electric shocks

Cause

Event: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
Source: Power lines, transformers, convertors
Secondary source: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck

Employer

Name: Coastal Building Materials
Location: 906 El Dorado Pky. E, CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA, 33904
NAICS: 423310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employee was touching a boom truck used to deliver building materials while his co-worker was trying to lower the boom back into the truck. The boom struck a power line and the employee on the ground received an electric shock and was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown