Third or fourth degree electrical burns

Name: Third or fourth degree electrical burns at UPS Systems
Start: 9/21/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015096933 · 9/21/2015 · UPS Systems

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Third or fourth degree electrical burns

Cause

Event: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
Source: Air conditioning units

Employer

Name: UPS Systems
Location: 5980 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N. Ste 100, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
NAICS: 334414
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was testing A/C equipment, reading the voltage of the compositor by placing the alligator clamps on the A/C. The employee was shocked by the A/C unit, which was not locked out at the time, and he passed out on top of the bus bar. He received a third degree burn on his left cheek and left hands.

Source

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