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Electrical burns, unspecified
1 hospitalization · 2015053127 · 5/24/2015 · Charter Communications
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Forearm(s)
- Nature of injury
- Electrical burns, unspecified
Cause
- Event
- Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- Source
- Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- Secondary source
- Power lines, transformers, convertors
Employer
- Name
- Charter Communications
- Location
- Silver Creek Rd, WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN, 53094
- NAICS
- 517110
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee received a burn to the right forearm due to contact with an electrical power line while operating an articulating boom truck.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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