Jlcolombiana777
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- Phoenix, Arizona
hello I am sorry to bother with what may seem somewhat ignorant questions. I am a 34 year old woman and a second-year Apprentice. About 1 week ago my I was hit with 277 volts well on an 8-foot ladder. It was the end of the night and my foreman had instructed myself in another co-worker to take down some light fixtures two strings on for some smaller fixtures in a commercial setting . apparently while we were doing so he decided to just go ahead and wait until the following night to continue however he did not verify or check if you have the fixtures open or not because we were on the other side if the building or I think he assumed that we had not already gotten the fixtures down. as a result I was hit well having both hands on the hot .I had already to removed the wirenut and was using my hand to untwist the wires. Due to the fact that I had to work in the rain prior to that my gloves were wet and I was not wearing gloves. I felt too strong jolts go up my right arm and then I felt like a burn in my left thumb and left foot. I did not fall off the ladder and it did not grab me as they say however it really scared me. I had no visual Burns initially my hands felt kind of numb like it was hard to close them and within about 30 minutes of left side of my face was very red and it felt like as if it was burning from the inside of my ear left side of my neck and top of my back and shoulder. The left side of my face was twitching for about 20 minutes. And overall I didn't feel too great. My foreman apologized many times and ended up going home that night without going to the doctor or Hospital because I didn't want to get him in trouble and I wasn't really sure of the seriousness of the situation. After about an hour or two my face stop burning and the redness went away and the next day I was a little sore but went back to work. It's been about a week now and I have extreme loss of hearing in my left ear but I hear like a ringing constantly in both ears. I became very dizzy and nauseous while on the boom lift at work 2 days ago and I feel like my equilibrium is messed up. The thing is that I've always had the problem with ear infections so I'm not sure if this is just an ear infection or if you could be related to the shock. I've never experienced ringing in my ears like this before and I'm not really sure if that could be a possible effect this long afterwards or not. Like I said it's been a week already and I don't want to get anybody in trouble but I also want to properly address the situation. I went to Urgent Care last night and was prescribed antibiotics for fluid in my inner ear but I'm concerned about the ringing noise in both ears. I would appreciate any feedback about any possible knowledge of long-term effects. Thank you for your time and any response will be greatly appreciated