SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI—
United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners
Direct exposure to electricity unspecified · Electrical burns any degree
Final narrative
An employee was checking the oil in a ground-level transformer when they suffered an electric shock and sustained burns to their right arm and leg.
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