MAsTec Services Company, Inc.

Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified — Electrocutions, electric shocks — NAPLES, Florida

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at MAsTec Services Company, Inc. in NAPLES, Florida
Employer MAsTec Services Company, Inc.
Address 2210 vandebilt Beach
City, State ZIP NAPLES, Florida 34109
Report ID 2016010802
Event Date January 27, 2016
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Electrocutions, electric shocks
Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
Source of Injury Nonclassifiable
Secondary Source Electric parts, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 238210
Inspection # 1121663
GPS Coordinates 26.24000, -81.76000

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Incident Narrative

An employee was working to replace a lightning arrester( electrical distribution work). When the tool he was using came in proximity to an energized jumper coming from the top of the lightning arrester, an arc flash occurred.

Incident Summary

On January 27, 2016, a worker at MAsTec Services Company, Inc. in NAPLES, Florida suffered electrocutions, electric shocks to the body systems. The incident was classified as indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified, with nonclassifiable identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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