Third or fourth degree electrical burns

Name: Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Rochester Gas & Electric Corp.
Start: 5/30/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017054837 · 5/30/2017 · Rochester Gas & Electric Corp.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
Source: Switchboards, switches, fuses

Employer

Name: Rochester Gas & Electric Corp.
Location: 1101 Beach AVE, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14612
NAICS: 221112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While replacing insulators inside a capacitor cabinet, an employee contacted live electrical conductors (11,000 volts). The employee suffered second and third degree burns and a fractured skull.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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