Electrical burns, unspecified

Name: Electrical burns, unspecified at Walgreen's Distribution Center
Start: 12/21/2016

1 hospitalization · 20161211845 · 12/21/2016 · Walgreen's Distribution Center

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
Source: Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
Secondary source: Electric parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Walgreen's Distribution Center
Location: 710 Ovilla Road, WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS, 75167
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was placing cardboard into the empty corrugate conveyor. The pick knife the employee was using contacted an exposed area between the plug and the outlet. The employee was shocked and suffered an electrical burn on the wrist.

Source

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