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Third or fourth degree electrical burns
1 hospitalization · 2017043303 · 4/12/2017 · GE Healthcare Imaging Services
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Hand(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Third or fourth degree electrical burns
Cause
- Event
- Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- Source
- X-ray, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and fluoroscope machinery and equipment
Employer
- Name
- GE Healthcare Imaging Services
- Location
- Higgens General Hospital, BREMEN, GEORGIA, 30110
- NAICS
- 621512
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was troubleshooting a CT machine and received third degree burns to his right hand when it contacted an energized slip ring.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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