Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less · Electrocutions, electric shocks
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nueces Electric Cooperative, Inc., 739 Rancho Seco Rd., RIVIERA, TEXAS 78379
on — Electrocutions, electric shocks, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
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Final narrative
On 4-14-2016, at 12:15 p.m., two employees were dispatched to trench, lay cable, and connect service to an underground pedestal. During the installation, the first employee fell on the second employee, who was preparing the wire to be installed in the pedestal's energized bar. The first employee's left arm made contact with the energized 120-volt bar and was electrocuted. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSElectric parts, n.e.c.
More severe injuries at Nueces Electric Cooperative, Inc.
An employee was setting up music for a fitness class. As the employee plugged their personal device into the outlet, she was shocked. The employee experienced pain in her left side, mainly in her arm and head.
Two employees were testing the phase voltage of the 208 volt bus bar circuit. An arc flash occurred during the testing. One employee suffered burns to the face, neck, and hands. Another employee suffered burns to his arm.
An employee was terminating cables in a junction box. A loose ground wire came into contact with the bushing, causing a flash that burned the right side of the employee's face and his right hand.
An employee was using a bucket truck hoist to raise secondary aerial wiring. The wire made contact with the primary wire, causing an arc flash. The employee suffered burns to both hands and was hospitalized.
An employee was terminating conductors to buss bars inside the secondary compartment of a single-phase transformer. An arc flash occurred, causing burns to the soft tissue of the employee's face.
An employee was securing the claw of a grapple truck to the truck bed. His left little finger was caught between the tie down strap and the rub rail of the truck, resulting in partial amputation of the 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.