electrical accidents’
Texas Worker Awarded $7.7 Million for Electrical Injuries
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
A Texas worker, who was left with serious electrical burns in a workplace accident, has been awarded $7.7 million. The accident occurred in 2007. The worker, Marco Murillo was engaged in salvaging cables from electrical boxes. He sustained a serious electroshock, and suffered major burns on both his hands and forearms.
His injuries were so serious they required skin grafts, and muscles from his back and nerves from his ankle had to be transferred into his forearms. The employer Oncor Electric Delivery was found 60% liable in the accident, and the other defendants were found about 40% liable. Murillo has...
Three Houston Firefighters Injured in Electrical Accident
Friday, March 19th, 2010
Three firefighters suffered injuries when a ladder on their fire truck came into contact with a power line.
The three men were testing some equipment in south Houston, when the ladder briefly touched an overhead power line. The electrical current cost the truck’s tire to explode. The three men suffered injuries, and had to be taken to the hospital. Fortunately, the injuries are not reported to be major, and the men are expected to recover.
Workplace accidents caused by overhead power lines injure thousands of workers every year. Many workers are killed every year by such electrocutions. Workers in...
Houston Company Fined after Fatal Work Site Accident
Monday, March 15th, 2010
An interior contractor company in Houston has been fined a total of $112,000 in a fatal workplace accident last year.
The victim was an employee of OS Interior Systems. On the 14th of August, he was working at a site, and was engaged in removing a wall unit. He accidentally came into contact with a live wire, and was electrocuted.
The company has been cited for two willful violations. A willful violation is one that is committed with intentional disregard of OSHA requirements. These violations include failure to protect its workers from live electrical circuitry, and failure to warn...
