Electrical burns any degree

Name: Electrical burns any degree at Golden Rod Broilers, Inc.
Start: 11/2/2024

1 hospitalization · 20241110225 · 11/2/2024 · Golden Rod Broilers, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and arm(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Electrical burns any degree

Cause

Event: Exposure to electric arc
Source: Switchboards, panels, fuses
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Golden Rod Broilers, Inc.
Location: 2352 COUNTY ROAD 719, CULLMAN, ALABAMA, 35055
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting an outage and removed a fuse from a 600-volt cabinet when an arc flash occurred that also started a fire. The employee sustained burns to their arm and hand.

Source

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