Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Electrical burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Georgia Power Company, 315 W Anderson St., OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA 31068
on , Electrical burns, unspecified, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
The injured employee was one of three workers on-site repairing a downed overhead conductor that had been damaged by a fallen tree. The injured employee began to measure the length of the jumper before the circuit was de-energized and grounded. He grabbed a de-energized conductor with one hand and touched an energized conductor with his other hand. The employee sustained electrical burns to both hands.