Third or fourth degree electrical burns

Name: Third or fourth degree electrical burns at West Texas Utility Services LLC
Start: 9/17/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019099736 · 9/17/2019 · West Texas Utility Services LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Third or fourth degree electrical burns

Cause

Event: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
Source: Switchboards, switches, fuses

Employer

Name: West Texas Utility Services LLC
Location: 10 Miles SE of St. Lawrence, Reagan County, BIG LAKE, TEXAS, 76932
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While performing a break-out and disassembling equipment on-site, an employee removed the meter cover. Then, while removing the bypass blades with pliers and a screwdriver, the screwdriver contacted the meter box, causing an arc flash. The employee sustained second degree burns on his face, chest, and left hand, and sustained a second/third degree burn on his right hand.

Source

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