Electrical burns, unspecified

Name: Electrical burns, unspecified at Tennant Lawn Service
Start: 8/14/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017087759 · 8/14/2017 · Tennant Lawn Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Electrical burns, unspecified

Cause

Event: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
Source: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
Secondary source: Power lines, transformers, convertors

Employer

Name: Tennant Lawn Service
Location: 204 Wildbrier Dr., BALLWIN, MISSOURI, 63011
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a bucket lift with a coworker riding along. They were positioning the bucket lift prior to trimming branches off a tree. They were about two feet away from the tree and any powerlines when an arc came through the bucket controllers and burned the employee's hands and chest. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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