Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Second degree electrical burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BBC Electrical Services Inc., 1700 S. Union Avenue, TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74107
on — Second degree electrical burns, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
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Final narrative
Two employees were in the bucket of a bucket truck energizing a 13,800-to-2,400-volt stepdown transformer by closing three 100k fused cutouts at the riser pole. A voltage meter used to take readings on the ground was overloaded and failed, causing an arc flash. One of the employees in the bucket suffered first- and second-degree burns to both wrists, the face, the neck, and the ears and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Power lines, transformers, convertors
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