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Electrical burns, unspecified
1 hospitalization · 2021010262 · 1/11/2021 · Backus Electric & Automation
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Forearm(s)
- Nature of injury
- Electrical burns, unspecified
Cause
- Event
- Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- Source
- Switchboards, switches, fuses
Employer
- Name
- Backus Electric & Automation
- Location
- 2401 S. 30th Street, MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN, 54220
- NAICS
- 238210
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was on a ladder, turning on a switch in a 480-volt electrical bus panel. An arc flash from the panel burned the employee's forearms.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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