Electrical burns, unspecified

Name: Electrical burns, unspecified at KCP&L
Start: 8/25/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017088214 · 8/25/2017 · KCP&L

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
Source: Power lines, transformers, convertors

Employer

Name: KCP&L
Location: 33164 Jones Rd, SALISBURY, MISSOURI, 65281
NAICS: 221112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in an elevated bucket, replacing an electrical pole, when his body made contact with a live electrical current, which entered his body in his elbow and exited out of his chest area. He suffered electrical burns.

Source

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