Surface, flesh wounds and burns, electrical injuries

Name: Surface, flesh wounds and burns, electrical injuries at GC Industrial Services
Start: 7/15/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024076361 · 7/15/2024 · GC Industrial Services

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and extremities
Nature of injury: Surface, flesh wounds and burns, electrical injuries

Cause

Event: Direct exposure to electricity greater than 220 volts
Source: Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: GC Industrial Services
Location: 8021 New Hampshire Avenue, AFFTON, MISSOURI, 63123
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was vacuum-cleaning a 480-volt HVAC unit. The employee came into contact with an electrically-charged coil heat strip and suffered burns to the left hand and the left side of their forehead, as well as scrapes to their legs. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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