Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified · Electrical burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Emerald Transformer, 10234 Marion Park Dr., KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64137
on — Electrical burns, unspecified, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was holding a chain attached to a radiator, being carried by a reach forklift. The forklift contacted a live-voltage structure and the employee was shocked, suffering burns to the arms, chest, back, and face. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
An employee was on the upper level of a drop-deck flatbed trailer, rigging electrical bushings so a crane could remove them from the back of the trailer. He fell from the upper level to the lower level, 3 feet below, and broke his left tibia and fibula.
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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