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Merit Professional Coatings, Inc.

Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified — Electrocutions, electric shocks — SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Merit Professional Coatings, Inc. in SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
Employer Merit Professional Coatings, Inc. Report ID 2018032137
Address James Museum, 100 Central Ave. City, State ZIP SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA 33701
Event Date March 2, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Electrocutions, electric shocks Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified Source of Injury Wire, cables-nonelectrical
Secondary Source Utility and telephone poles
Industry (NAICS) 238320 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 27.77000, -82.63000

Incident Narrative

An employee was pulling cable down on a swing stage to roll it up when the cable touched a crosswalk pole and meter pole, causing an electric arc that shocked him. He was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On March 2, 2018, a worker at Merit Professional Coatings, Inc. in SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA suffered electrocutions, electric shocks to the body systems. The incident was classified as direct exposure to electricity, unspecified, with wire, cables-nonelectrical identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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