Electrocutions, electric shocks

Name: Electrocutions, electric shocks at Newport Hospital
Start: 8/10/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016087469 · 8/10/2016 · Newport Hospital

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury: Electrocutions, electric shocks

Cause

Event: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
Source: Lamps, light fixtures

Employer

Name: Newport Hospital
Location: 11 Friendship Street, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, 02840
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was changing the ballast above the tile in the ceiling space. He stripped a wire and cut it. While still holding the wire, his body came into contact with the metal grate that holds the ceiling tiles, and he suffered an electrical shock.

Source

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