Third or fourth degree electrical burns

Name: Third or fourth degree electrical burns at E Light Electrical Services
Start: 5/2/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023053922 · 5/2/2023 · E Light Electrical Services

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: E Light Electrical Services
Location: 6341 south fiddlers green circle, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, 80112
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was terminating new feeders into a 4,000-amp switch gear. While moving wires that were dangling, one of the wires came in contact with a phase bus that created a ground fault and an arc blast. The employee sustained third-degree burns to the right side of his neck and burns to the right arm and left hand that required surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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