Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact less than 6 feet · Severe wounds, internal injuries and electrocution, electric shock
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HARTNETT ELECTRIC, INC, USF BSN BUILDING, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33620
on — Severe wounds, internal injuries and electrocution, electric shock, affecting the Body systems and other part(s) of body.
Final narrative
The injured employee was on the fifth step of an 8-foot ladder using wire cutters to show two other employees which wire was still hot in the junction box. The wire cutter penetrated the wire sheathing and the employee was shocked. The injured employee began to fall backward off the ladder and the other two employees were able to cushion his fall. The employee sustained a broken pelvic bone on the right side.
Hospitalized Body systems and other part(s) of body Portable ladders and stairs unspecified
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