Air Service Heating, Cooling, and Plumbing
Direct exposure to electricity unspecified — Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss — SPRINGFIELD, Missouri
| Employer | Air Service Heating, Cooling, and Plumbing |
| Address | 3618 South Oak Ave |
| City, State ZIP | SPRINGFIELD, Missouri 65804 |
| Report ID | 2025076340 |
| Event Date | July 1, 2025 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss |
| Body Part | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) |
| Event Type | Direct exposure to electricity unspecified |
| Source of Injury | Switchboards, panels, fuses |
| Secondary Source | Secondary source not applicable |
| Industry (NAICS) | 238220 |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.14694, -93.23264 |
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Incident Narrative
An employee was servicing a customer's electrical panel. When going to close the panel door, the employee went to push wires into the panel and sustained an electric shock and burns to their middle, ring and little fingers. The little fingertip was amputated and the ring finger required surgery.
Incident Summary
On July 1, 2025, a worker at Air Service Heating, Cooling, and Plumbing in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri suffered avulsions, enucleations without bone loss to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as direct exposure to electricity unspecified, with switchboards, panels, fuses identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.
Context
OSHA has recorded 53 severe injury reports involving "Direct exposure to electricity unspecified" incidents in our database. Browse all Direct exposure to electricity unspecified injuries.
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