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Electrocutions, electric shocks
1 hospitalization · 2017065215 · 6/8/2017 · Eversource Energy Service Company, 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
- Cutting handtools-powered, unspecified
- Secondary source
- Power lines, transformers, convertors
Employer
- Name
- Eversource Energy Service Company, Inc.
- Location
- 63 Catherine Street., WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01601
- NAICS
- 221122
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was using a pneumatic tool to cut a gas line when he received an electric shock to his hands.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown