Sisk-Robb, Incorporated

Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified — Electrical burns, unspecified — WACO, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Sisk-Robb, Incorporated in WACO, TEXAS
Employer Sisk-Robb, Incorporated Report ID 2020109850
Address Former Hillcrest Hospital City, State ZIP WACO, TEXAS 76708
Event Date October 16, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Electrical burns, unspecified Body Part Nonclassifiable
Event Type Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified Source of Injury Cutting handtools-power not determined, unspecified
Secondary Source Electrical wiring-building
Industry (NAICS) 238910 Inspection # 1498965
GPS Coordinates 31.63000, -97.26000

Incident Narrative

An employee cut into an electrical conduit wire while he was removing asbestos insulation from a demolition site. The employee was hospitalized for electrical burns.

Incident Summary

On October 16, 2020, a worker at Sisk-Robb, Incorporated in WACO, TEXAS suffered electrical burns, unspecified to the nonclassifiable. The incident was classified as indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified, with cutting handtools-power not determined, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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