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Advance Power & Lighting, LLC

Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts — Amputations — CULLMAN, ALABAMA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Advance Power & Lighting, LLC in CULLMAN, ALABAMA
Employer Advance Power & Lighting, LLC Report ID 2017088070
Address 1022 County Road 768 City, State ZIP CULLMAN, ALABAMA 35055
Event Date August 22, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Hand(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts Source of Injury Switchboards, switches, fuses
Industry (NAICS) 237130 Inspection # 1258181
GPS Coordinates 34.12000, -86.69000

Incident Narrative

An employee installed an insulator on a pole and was coming down from the pole using a boom lift when he saw something was not complete and went back up to the location where he was previously working. He then made contact with a switch, which sent an electrical current through the left side of his body and out through the right hand. His right hand was amputated.

Incident Summary

On August 22, 2017, a worker at Advance Power & Lighting, LLC in CULLMAN, ALABAMA suffered amputations to the hand(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts, with switchboards, switches, fuses identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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