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Second degree electrical burns

1 hospitalization · 2018010325 · 1/10/2018 · Gulf Power Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Second degree electrical burns

Cause

Event
Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
Source
Switchboards, switches, fuses
Secondary source
Pliers, tongs

Employer

Name
Gulf Power Company
Location
1999 Morgan Cemetery Rd., MOLINO, FLORIDA, 32577
NAICS
238210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee and his coworker were installing a new meter set on a 4-gang meter base to provide electrical service to a multi-residential area. While his coworker went to the company truck to retrieve a new meter ring, he noticed a frog inside the meter base and was attempting to remove it with a pair of pliers when an electrical flash occurred. He sustained second degree burns on his right-hand fingers and was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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