Direct exposure to electricity unspecified · Surface, flesh wounds and burns, electrical injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Olshan Foundation Repair Company, INC., 15742 Steamboat Ln, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77079
on — Surface, flesh wounds and burns, electrical injuries, affecting the Body systems and other part(s) of body.
Final narrative
An employee was using an electrical power unit in a two-foot hole dug close to the home, when the power unit surged with electricity. The employee received an electrical shock, then hit his head as he lost consciousness and sustained a cut on the forehead.
Hospitalized Body systems and other part(s) of body Electric parts unspecified
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