Third or fourth degree electrical burns

Name: Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Farmers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Start: 10/6/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020109494 · 10/6/2020 · Farmers Electric Cooperative, Inc.

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: Farmers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Location: 800 Springwell Parkway, WYLIE, TEXAS, 75098
NAICS: 221122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was closing a switchgear in an underground residential distribution primary when an arc flash occurred and caused third degree burns to the employee's hands.

Source

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