Direct exposure to electricity greater than 220 volts · Electrical burns and electrocution
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hamilton County Electric Cooperative, 518 US Hwy 281 South, HAMILTON, TEXAS 76531
on , Electrical burns and electrocution, affecting the body systems and other part(s) of body.
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Final narrative
An employee was inside an insulated bucket truck working on an energized power line. He was tying the neutral conductor onto the insulator when his upper back/neck made contact with an energized switch (7.2 kV). Electric current flowed from his upper back/neck to his left hand, resulting in a severe burn to his left arm and other burns to his upper torso.
HospitalizedBody systems and other part(s) of bodyPower lines, transformers, convertors