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Fractures and burns

1 hospitalization · 2024109252 · 10/3/2024 · Indian Health Service

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Body systems and other part(s) of body
Nature of injury
Fractures and burns

Cause

Event
Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact unspecified
Source
Portable ladders and stairs unspecified
Secondary source
"Lock out/ tag out" communication systems

Employer

Name
Indian Health Service
Location
607 Indian Health Road, PINE RIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57770
NAICS
923120
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was standing on a ladder installing a fluorescent light bulb ballast when he contacted a live wire and received an electrical shock to his left hand, causing him to fall from the ladder to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with an electrical shock and burns to his left hand, as well as fractures to his right tibia and distal right radius. The wire was not deenergized or locket out/tagged out.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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