Electrocutions, electric shocks

Name: Electrocutions, electric shocks at Merit Professional Coatings, Inc.
Start: 3/2/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018032137 · 3/2/2018 · Merit Professional Coatings, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury: Electrocutions, electric shocks

Cause

Event: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
Source: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
Secondary source: Utility and telephone poles

Employer

Name: Merit Professional Coatings, Inc.
Location: James Museum, SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, 33701
NAICS: 238320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pulling cable down on a swing stage to roll it up when the cable touched a crosswalk pole and meter pole, causing an electric arc that shocked him. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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