Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Third or fourth degree electrical burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Champion Technology Services, 1221 Stewart Rd, GALVESTON, TEXAS 77554
on — Third or fourth degree electrical burns, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
Two tower climbers were running a heavy duty coax cable up to an antenna tower. One employee was on the ground running the cable up to another employee who was approximately 100 feet from the ground. The cable was on a reel and the front end of the cable was cut and live. One of the employees touched it and was shocked. The injured employee received second degree burns on his right arm, third degree burns on his right thumb and minor burns to his knees.
An employee was installing a ground wire to a power transmission pole. The ground wire contacted an energized portion of a cut-out, causing an arc-flash. The employee was hospitalized with second degree burns to their chest and arms.
An employee was connecting a utility transformer for underground service to a home. The employee's impact drill went across two connection bars with 240 volts of potential, creating an arc flash. The employee sustained burns to the face and eyes due to the arc flash and molten aluminum.
On December 15, 2023, at 9:15 AM, an employee was changing 60-amp fuses in a 480-volt panel when an arc flash occurred. The employee was hospitalized with burns to both hands.
Employees were changing out a level switch on a vessel when the switch flew off under pressure and struck an employee's face. The employee sustained fractures and lacerations to their face.
An employee had just completed a repair at a customer's store and was leaving via the main entrance. A suspected shoplifter ran by (while being chased by the police) and shoved the employee into a shelving unit. The employee suffered a broken elbow and a chin laceration and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a perimeter router. He reached to move the router out of the way so he could advance a panel when he suffered the amputation of the distal phalanx on his left index finger.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.