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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2018077512 · 7/24/2018 · J.S. Electric, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lumbar region
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source
Step ladders
Secondary source
Pipes, ducts, tubing, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
J.S. Electric, Inc.
Location
14300 Hamilton Pool Road, BEE CAVE, TEXAS, 78738
NAICS
238210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was on a 12-foot step ladder getting ready to strap up a flexible conduit on a light fixture. When he grabbed the flexible conduit, he was shocked by ~277 volts and fell off the ladder to the ground, fracturing his L3 vertebra.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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