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Accident: 98256.015 - Worker Contacts Energized Circuits, Incurs Electrical Burns

Accident: 98256.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 08/14/2017
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1255876.01508/17/2017Chain Electric Company, Inc.
At 3:00 p.m. on August 14, 2017, Employee #1, employed by an electrical services company, was lowering the bucket on a line truck. He noticed that the animal guard on the lightning arrestor was not closed. As Employee #1 attempted to close the animal guard with his hands, his shirt sleeve made contact with energized circuits, and he sustained electrical burns to his right arm. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for electrical burns.
Keywords: animal, electrical, guard, lightning arrester, electric shock, construction, truck, arm, construction vehicle, burn
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1255876.015 39 M Hospitalized injury Burn/Scald(Heat) Electrical power installers and repairers

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