Third or fourth degree electrical burns

Name: Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Florida Power & Light Company
Start: 1/30/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017010886 · 1/30/2017 · Florida Power & Light Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Face, unspecified
Nature of injury: Third or fourth degree electrical burns

Cause

Event: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
Source: Power lines, transformers, convertors

Employer

Name: Florida Power & Light Company
Location: 4010 Faraday Way, PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, 33418
NAICS: 221122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee tapping in a set of electrical cables into the secondary side of a pad mounted transformer received second and third degree burns to the face when an arc flash occurred.

Source

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