Electrical burns any degree

Name: Electrical burns any degree at Ouachita Electric Cooperative Corporation
Start: 4/29/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025044009 · 4/29/2025 · Ouachita Electric Cooperative Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Trunk and other upper extremities
Nature of injury: Electrical burns any degree

Cause

Event: Exposure to electric arc
Source: Power lines, transformers, convertors
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Ouachita Electric Cooperative Corporation
Location: 14668 AR Highway 203, CAMDEN, ARKANSAS, 71701
NAICS: 221122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working from a bucket truck to install an underground primary wire on an overhead structure. He was hanging a pulling block to install pulling ropes that would pull the underground primary wire through conduits when an arc flash occurred, causing electrical burns to his upper torso, right arm, and both hands.

Source

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