PORT NECHES, TEXAS·
Newtron Beaumont, LLC
Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Third or fourth degree electrical burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Newtron Beaumont, LLC, Texas Petrochemical, PORT NECHES, TEXAS 77651 on , Third or fourth degree electrical burns, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was helping to inspect an electrical line and repairing a jumper that came off the transformer switch. The employee pulled two of the three switches to de-energize the pole line and then repositioned his bucket truck to get to the next switch. When he grabbed the wire to reinstall it onto the third switch, the switch was energized and caused third degree burns to his index, middle, and ring fingers on both hands.
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