Electrical burns, unspecified

Name: Electrical burns, unspecified at North Georgia Electric Membership Corporation
Start: 3/10/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016032143 · 3/10/2016 · North Georgia Electric Membership Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Nonclassifiable
Nature of injury: Electrical burns, unspecified

Cause

Event: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
Source: Switchboards, switches, fuses

Employer

Name: North Georgia Electric Membership Corporation
Location: 110 Mauldin Road NW, CALHOUN, GEORGIA, 30701
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee climbed a ladder leaning against an energized distribution breaker when a phase-to-phase or phase-to-ground flash occurred while the employee was holding two testing clamps. The employee experienced an electrical burn and was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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