Third or fourth degree electrical burns

Name: Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Kase Contracting, Inc.
Start: 10/13/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022108999 · 10/13/2022 · Kase Contracting, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Third or fourth degree electrical burns

Cause

Event: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
Source: Switchboards, switches, fuses

Employer

Name: Kase Contracting, Inc.
Location: 12400 Hwy 43 N, AXIS, ALABAMA, 36505
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing electrical maintenance on a breaker switch. While the employee was wiping dust off the breaker, the breaker powered on and the employee was shocked. The employee was hospitalized with third-degree burns to his hands and torso.

Source

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