Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified · Electrocutions, electric shocks
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Best Buy Stores, LP, 2440 Kenilworth Ave, SOUTH DAYTONA, FLORIDA 32119
on — Electrocutions, electric shocks, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
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Final narrative
An employee was assisting during the installation of a new washer/dryer in a private residence. After plugging in the appliance to an outlet, he touched the dryer and received an electric shock. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSWashers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
An employee was welding clips onto the end of the bridging of a wall, then installing bolts through the clips to the wall. As the employee lowered his rod holder down into the lift basket, the rod contacted the basket and energized it. As the employee leaned forward, they contacted the basket and grounded joist, resulting in first- and second-degree electrical burns to the stomach, back, and arms.
An employee was on the ground preparing to receive a wire stringing steel rope being flown by a helicopter. The employee grabbed the steel line and was shocked by electricity from the line on his right hand. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for nerve damage to his hand.
An employee was pulling a line through a light pole when it contacted an uninsulated line. The employee was shocked and sustained burns that required hospitalization.
An employee was in a bucket truck drilling a hole into a utility pole when a conductor located above the employee broke free from the pole and fell onto the equipment. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the right side of their face.
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