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Electrical burns, unspecified
2 hospitalizations · 20181010202 · 10/3/2018 · El Paso Electric Company
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 2
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Nonclassifiable
- Nature of injury
- Electrical burns, unspecified
Cause
- Event
- Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- Source
- Switchboards, switches, fuses
- Secondary source
- Impact wrenches-powered
Employer
- Name
- El Paso Electric Company
- Location
- 1220 Barranca, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79935
- NAICS
- 221119
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
Employees were replacing fuse cutouts from an underground riser. An impact gun touched a fuse cutout, causing an arc flash that burned two employees.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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