First degree electrical burns

Name: First degree electrical burns at Alabama Power Company
Start: 8/12/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015085701 · 8/12/2015 · Alabama Power Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: First degree electrical burns

Cause

Event: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
Source: Electrical wiring-building

Employer

Name: Alabama Power Company
Location: 1905 Old Hwy 411, GADSDEN, ALABAMA, 35901
NAICS: 221122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee finished installing switches. While cleaning up and removing the rubber cover up used to protect from inadvertent contact, he touched the wire with more than 50 volts, resulting in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree burns to both arms.

Source

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