Electrical burns, unspecified

Name: Electrical burns, unspecified at EVERS ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
Start: 6/28/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021065270 · 6/28/2021 · EVERS ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Electrical burns, unspecified

Cause

Event: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
Source: Power lines, transformers, convertors

Employer

Name: EVERS ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
Location: 33.364728, -91.287513, LAKE VILLAGE, ARKANSAS, 71653
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were tracing a line of a transformer to conduct repair after the transformer had been struck by lightning. The transformer was for an irrigation machine. Employees dug a ditch and found that there was another primary line which was damaged and not in use. The injured employee was checking this line with a low voltage meter. When he checked the second phase, an arc flash occurred. The employee was hospitalized with burns to his left hand.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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