Direct exposure to electricity unspecified · Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Air Service Heating, Cooling, and Plumbing, 3618 South Oak Ave, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI 65804
on — Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was servicing a customer's electrical panel. When going to close the panel door, the employee went to push wires into the panel and sustained an electric shock and burns to their middle, ring and little fingers. The little fingertip was amputated and the ring finger required surgery.
HospitalizedAmputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Switchboards, panels, fuses
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