Electrical burns, unspecified

Name: Electrical burns, unspecified at Texas Power Suppliers, Inc.
Start: 8/10/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022087085 · 8/10/2022 · Texas Power Suppliers, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head, neck, and trunk
Nature of injury: Electrical burns, unspecified

Cause

Event: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
Source: Power lines, transformers, convertors

Employer

Name: Texas Power Suppliers, Inc.
Location: 5514 42nd Street, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79414
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee working from a boom bucket had just put copper on a utility pole and was setting it. The employee moved the center phase, which was laying on the insulator, when an electrical current from the tie arced. The employee sustained burns to his chest, neck, back, face, nose, and ears.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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