Electrical burns, unspecified

Name: Electrical burns, unspecified at Thompson Machinery Commerce Corporation
Start: 7/25/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016076764 · 7/25/2016 · Thompson Machinery Commerce Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
Source: Switchboards, switches, fuses

Employer

Name: Thompson Machinery Commerce Corporation
Location: GPS 30 degrees 30 minutes 28.9 seconds North, SUNFLOWER, MISSISSIPPI, 38778
NAICS: 423810
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using needle-nose pliers to change a fuse in a switchgear panel when an arc blast/flash occurred, causing flash burns to his right arm.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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