Indirect exposure to electricity 220 volts or less · Electrocution, electric shock
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at North Georgia Electric Membership Corporation, 33 Middle School Road, SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA 30747
on — Electrocution, electric shock, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
On March 14, 2024, at 1:04 p.m., an employee was conducting a class for students showing how power moved through a city using an electrified model city. The employee was presenting from behind the display holding the activation switch in his left hand and a hot stick in his right hand. The employee reached over the top of the display with the hot stick to reposition a piece on the display and received an electric shock.
Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Power lines, transformers, convertors
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An employee climbed a ladder leaning against an energized distribution breaker when a phase-to-phase or phase-to-ground flash occurred while the employee was holding two testing clamps. The employee experienced an electrical burn and was hospitalized.
Employees were working to secure a low-hanging feeder. An employee was elevated in a bucket at a height of approximately 12 feet and was pulling the lashing wire. The lashing wire flipped up and struck the lower phase (120 volts) of power that was 2.4 feet above the feeder and strand. The employee sustained electrical burns to their chest, both hands, and the right forearm.
On June 13, 2024, an employee was repairing a ceiling light fixture when an isolated electrical line landed on the metal strip that the employee was holding. The employee sustained an electric shock resulting in a laceration to the right hand and two electrical burns/exit wounds to the left ring finger.
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