Electrocutions, electric shocks

Name: Electrocutions, electric shocks at Doctors' Memorial Hospital, Inc.
Start: 6/4/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017065065 · 6/4/2017 · Doctors' Memorial Hospital, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury: Electrocutions, electric shocks

Cause

Event: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
Source: Ambulance, police, and other emergency passenger vehicle
Secondary source: Lightning

Employer

Name: Doctors' Memorial Hospital, Inc.
Location: 333 N. Byron Butler Parkway, PERRY, FLORIDA, 32347
NAICS: 621111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On June 4, 2017, at 5:40 p.m., an employee was unloading a patient from the back of an ambulance. While he was holding onto the door of the ambulance, lightning struck the vehicle. He suffered respiratory arrest and lost consciousness, requiring hospitalization.

Source

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