Electrical burns, unspecified

Name: Electrical burns, unspecified at Metro Power
Start: 9/13/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017098790 · 9/13/2017 · Metro Power

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Electrical burns, unspecified

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Metro Power
Location: 1330 Forsyth Street, MACON, GEORGIA, 31201
NAICS: 221122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on toning out a 277-volt three-phase transfer switch. When he connected a tone generator to one of the lugs on the transfer switch, an arc flash occurred and the employee's right hand was burned.

Source

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