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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2015063706 · 6/16/2015 · Burdette Electric, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source
Step ladders
Secondary source
Electrical wiring-building

Employer

Name
Burdette Electric, Inc.
Location
936 Sharpe Hospital Road, WESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26452
NAICS
238210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was standing on a step ladder installing temporary lighting. The employee was handed an electrical whip/flexible conduit. The wires in the conduit were live, 277 volts. The employee received an electric shock from the wiring and fell off the ladder. As the employee fell off the ladder his left foot went between two rungs and he fractured his lower left leg.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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