Third or fourth degree electrical burns

Name: Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Georgia Power Company
Start: 2/7/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018021274 · 2/7/2018 · Georgia Power Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Third or fourth degree electrical burns

Cause

Event: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
Source: Electric parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Georgia Power Company
Location: 2174 North Druid Hills Rd., NE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30329
NAICS: 221122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee received first and second degree burns to the face and arms and two small third degree burns on a finger and thumb when a network protector arced and blew back. Part of the door came off and went into the energized parts within causing an arc flash.

Source

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