PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA—
Bureau of Prisons FCC Petersburg
Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less · Electrocutions, electric shocks
Final narrative
An employee was standing on a ladder while working on a light. He had some wires in his left hand and a tool in his right hand. He was in the process of stripping the wire when he experienced an electric shock (220 volts) through his hand and fell off the 10-foot ladder to the ground, suffering bodily trauma. He was hospitalized.
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