Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Green Country Powerline Construction, Inc., E 0830 Rd. & Jaycee Avenue, BRISTOW, OKLAHOMA 74010
on — Amputations, affecting the shoulder(s) and arm(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was in the bucket of a truck boom in the middle of three lateral tap lines running across the road. The employee used a bucket stick to de-energize the last tap line. The employee then swung the bucket back to where the truck was positioned, which placed the boom above the neutral system and de-energized wire, and where a cut-out was located above the neutral system. The employee's left shoulder contacted the top side of the cut-out and the employee suffered three electrical shocks, resulting in burns to neck, back, and chest. The employee's left arm was medically amputated up to the neck area, and their right arm was amputated below the elbow.
AmputationShoulder(s) and arm(s)Power lines, transformers, convertors
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