Electrocutions, electric shocks

Name: Electrocutions, electric shocks at AUTONATION, INC.
Start: 3/8/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017032171 · 3/8/2017 · AUTONATION, INC.

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, 220 volts or less
Source: Welding machinery

Employer

Name: AUTONATION, INC.
Location: 8600 Pembroke Pines Blvd., PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA, 33024
NAICS: 423110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was holding on to the valves of two cylinders of MIG welding gas on two adjacent welding machines and was shocked (110V) due to an internal short in one of the machines. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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