Indirect exposure to electricity unspecified · Electrocution, electric shock
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Federal Bureau of Prisons, 4200 Bureau Road South, TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA 47802
on — Electrocution, electric shock, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
An employee was conducting jail cell window bar taps. They were closing one cell and opening the adjacent cell at the same time and sustained an electrical shock from an energized metal door.
Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Electric parts unspecified
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