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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 2021065062 · 6/21/2021 · Sargent Electric Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Head, neck, and trunk
Nature of injury
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source
Step ladders
Secondary source
Electric parts, unspecified

Employer

Name
Sargent Electric Company
Location
300 Kennedy Avenue, DUQUESNE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15110
NAICS
238210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was installing a 277-volt light fixture while on a 6-foot, A-frame ladder when the employee contacted a phase of the conductor and was shocked, causing him to fall backward off the ladder to the ground below. The employee suffered trauma to their head, neck, and chest.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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