Exposure to electric arc · Electrical burns any degree
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jean Simpson Personnel Services, Inc., 1111 Burt Street, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA 71107
on — Electrical burns any degree , affecting the Trunk and other upper extremities.
Final narrative
A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.
Hospitalized Trunk and other upper extremities Electric parts n.e.c.
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