Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-18 | Ball Ground | Ga | Awnex, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was welding aluminum brackets. The wires on the welding machine melted and a wire struck the employee's hand, shocking her. | |||||
2021-11-12 | Denver | Co | SAFEWAY DISTRIBUTION CENTER | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was in an aerial lift when he contacted a 13.2 kV power line with his back. He was shocked and suffered second- and third-degree burns to the back. | |||||
2021-11-10 | Flower Mound | Tx | Thirty-One Gifts, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to electricity |
An employee was on a ladder, working on lighting in a conference room ceiling. The employee was shocked and fell from the ladder to the floor. The employee lost consciousness and sustained burns. | |||||
2021-11-03 | Milton | Wv | Asplundh Tree Expert | Nonclassifiable | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
The boom on a lift truck contacted an overhead power line. An employee was next to the truck, touching it, and was shocked and burned. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-11-03 | Fort Buchanan | Pr | Department of Defense Education Activity | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was hospitalized when he suffered electrical shock while servicing a school's HVAC system, causing burns to his hands and chest pains. | |||||
2021-11-01 | Dayton | Tx | Freedom Solar Power | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
A box truck was being backed into a customer's driveway. The truck's ladder became entangled with overhead powerlines. An employee climbed on top of the vehicle and tried to untangle the lines using PVC pipe. His head contacted the energized line and he was thrown off the vehicle to the ground. He lost consciousness, having suffered a shock and electrical burns. | |||||
2021-10-27 | Jackson | Mo | Procter & Gamble | Upper and lower limb(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was opening a building substation for a visual inspection when they suffered an electric shock, resulting in burns to their left hand and thigh that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-10-22 | Milner | Ga | Harper Tree Service, LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee operating a tree trimming truck was trying to pull another tree trimming truck out of the mud. The employee got out of his truck to attach a winch to the stuck truck when they received an electrical shock from the truck, which was energized by powerlines they were trimming around. The employee suffered severe burns to their legs and arms. | |||||
2021-10-21 | Houston | Tx | Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
On October 21, 2021, at 11:00 a.m., an employee was inspecting an air conditioner while on a ladder approximately 6 feet from the ground. The employee felt an electrical shock and fell to the concrete ground. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-14 | Penfield | Ny | Birchcrest Tree and Landscape, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was trimming branches and removing a cut limb. When the employee rotated the limb to send it to the ground, the limb made contact with the overhead 12 kV line and the employee was shocked. | |||||
2021-10-13 | Dallas | Tx | Gary L. Gann, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was moving an elevated platform lift when it contacted an overhead power line. The employee was shocked. | |||||
2021-10-13 | Longview | Tx | PRIMORIS T&D SERVICES, LLC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was securing a guy wire. Voltage from a 19,000-volt circuit traveled down the wire and shocked the employee, whose heart stopped. The employee was resuscitated and hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-12 | Orlando | Fl | Tradesmen International | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was working on a main distribution panel (MDP) when an electric shock resulted in burns that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-10-07 | Durham | Ct | GPL Construction, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Bites and stings |
An employee was bitten on the wrist by an insect. He went into anaphylactic shock later that day and collapsed. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-01 | West Palm Beach | Fl | SERVICE ELECTRIC COMPANY | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
Employees were removing electrical cables for replacement. When one employee cut a cable, the employee was shocked in the abdominal area. | |||||
2021-10-01 | Fitzgerald | Ga | Polar Beverages | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was standing on a portable ladder and working on a light fixture when he received an electric shock from a secondary power source. The employee fell to the ground and injured their back. | |||||
2021-09-23 | Dover | De | United Site Services | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was installing a fence when they were shocked by electrical cords. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-20 | Brownwood | Tx | Kohler Company | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was installing a safety emergency horn when he was shocked and fell from the second rung of a 4-foot fiberglass ladder. The employee sustained a fractured left arm. | |||||
2021-09-19 | Flower Mound | Tx | Strata Innovative Solutions | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
An employee was raising a light pole using a digger when the digger made a jerking motion that caused the pole to swing once it was off the ground. The pole made contact with one of the phases, which energized the pole as it swung back and made contact with the employee's chest, resulting in an electrical shock to the chest and a contusion. | |||||
2021-09-10 | Mentor | Oh | Spang Power Electronics | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was testing electric circuit boards using a testing fixture machine and received an electric shock of up to 2000 volts when he contacted live, unguarded electrical parts on the test fixture machine. The employee was hospitalized for burns to both hands and injury to their shoulders and a finger. | |||||
2021-09-08 | West Palm Beach | Fl | Resource Partnering Group Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was replacing high hats when he was shocked by electricity and fell from the second step of a ladder to the ground. In addition to being shocked, the employee sustained a leg injury and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-03 | Coatesville | Pa | Cleveland-Cliffs Plate LLC DBA ArcelorMittal | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was operating a jib boom with an aluminum hand controller. The controller shocked the employee. | |||||
2021-09-03 | Coatesville | Pa | Cleveland - Cliffs Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a jib crane to move a pallet of brick into a ladle. The pendant controller shocked him. He was unable to release his right hand from the controller and slowly fell to the floor of the concrete platform, suffering a chipped bone in the left shoulder and a sprained right ankle. | |||||
2021-08-31 | Medina | Oh | Armstrong Utilities | Upper extremities | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
While working from the bucket of a bucket truck to replace residential telecommunication lines, an employee contacted energized 720V overhead power lines. The employee received electric shock injuries including burns and an amputation to the left arm. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-30 | Harlingen | Tx | Valley Coop Oil Mill | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
Two employees were working on a 600-amp breaker. One employee suffered an electrical shock and burns to his face, head, upper torso, and his left hand due to an arc flash. | |||||
2021-08-23 | Jacksonville | Fl | DOBSON ELECTRIC, INC. | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was reconnecting a demo fixture. He was shocked while stripping a wire and fell from an A-frame ladder, landing 3 feet below. He suffered a contusion and hematoma to the lower back. | |||||
2021-08-22 | Painesville | Oh | Olon Ricerca Bioscience, LLC | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
While checking the source of an electrical failure, an employee suffered a high-voltage shock, with severe burns to the arms, legs, and torso. | |||||
2021-08-20 | Katy | Tx | AIM & N Graphic Solutions LLC | Head and trunk | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was in an aerial lift's metal bucket, installing a banner on the side of a building. The employee finished placing the banner and pulled back to take a picture. The aerial lift came into contact with a power line; the employee was shocked, suffering second-degree burns to the chest and head. | |||||
2021-08-20 | Bath | Me | Bath Iron Works | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to electricity |
An employee was shocked while practicing tack welding. | |||||
2021-08-20 | Dallas | Tx | Betsy Ross Flag Girl, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was positioning a pole to be raised up. The pole hit an overhead power line and the employee was shocked. | |||||
2021-08-13 | Oil City | Pa | G. O. Carlson, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
An employee stepped onto steel grated steps and received an electric shock due to a frayed extension cord. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-13 | Houston | Tx | Tomball Sheet Metal | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was on a ladder installing HVAC ducting. The employee's back made contact with a wire that was hanging out of an open electrical box. The employee sustained an electric shock, and later had a stroke and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-09 | Winsted | Ct | Affordable Tree Service of Ct | Upper and lower limb(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was in a tree, trying to attach a crane cable to it. When he reached for the crane cable, he was shocked, because the crane boom had come into contact with overhead power lines. He suffered burns to the left hand and left foot and lost consciousness for about 30 seconds. | |||||
2021-08-09 | Laredo | Tx | Rapid Sign 3202 Green St, Laredo Texas | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was holding a tag line connected to a crane, which was being used to install a sign. The crane came into contact with a power line, and the employee was shocked. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-05 | Edon | Oh | PLAS-TEC Corp. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
On August 5, 2021, an employee was checking an injection molding machine when they were shocked by a live wire in the machine's electrical cabinet. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-04 | Geismar | La | Mammoet USA South | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
Two employees were transporting a cold box with a self-propelled modular transporter. As the load passed a power pole with a distribution transformer, the transformer arced onto a chain securing the load. The current traveled through the equipment and shocked both employees. | |||||
2021-07-31 | Lake Norden | Sd | Agropur, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee accessed an electrical panel to switch a breaker when they received a 480-volt electrical shock that went from their right hand to their left hand, resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
2021-07-27 | Austin | Tx | Henry Power Electric, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was doing a hot check in the garage of a high-rise. He came into contact with electrical equipment and was shocked. | |||||
2021-07-24 | Salado | Tx | Bartlett Electric Cooperative, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was helping a crew change a transformer. The line section had just been isolated when the tip broke off an elbow, causing the employee to be shocked and suffer burns to the left foot. | |||||
2021-07-21 | San Antonio | Tx | Service Mechanical Group, LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was working on a motor condenser when he received an electrical shock, knocking him backward and resulting in a dislocated shoulder. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident. | |||||
2021-07-17 | Andrews | Tx | CNA Electric Services | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was on a ladder replacing a fan on an inverter and was shocked. The employee fell off the ladder approximately 2-3 feet to the ground. The employee sustained an electrical burn to the right hand and a fractured spine. | |||||
2021-07-14 | Elgin | Il | V. AND F. TRANSFORMER CORPORATION | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was testing an electrical transformer and sustained an electric shock and burns. | |||||
2021-07-13 | Streetsboro | Oh | Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was performing maintenance on a stretcher lever machine and received an electric shock (480 volts). | |||||
2021-07-12 | Aurora | Mo | KAY CONCRETE MATERIALS | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was unloading concrete from a ready-mix truck. The employee was leaning on the truck's fender and had a remote control for the truck in his hand. The pumper that he was feeding into made contact with an overhead power line; the employee suffered a whole-body shock. | |||||
2021-07-12 | Newport News | Va | Dominion Terminal Associates LLP | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was welding a mild steel deflector onto a rail car dumper. The employee unhooked their lanyard to reach a welding rod and received an electrical shock. The employee fell 20 feet to the steel floor and was hospitalized for a fractured wrist and pelvis. | |||||
2021-07-01 | Miami | Fl | JC & A Electrical Contractors, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was working on a crane's power. He went to turn on the disconnect and it backfired. He sustained an electric shock and burns to his abdominal area and left elbow. | |||||
2021-06-25 | Brighton | Co | Novinium, Inc. | Hand(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity |
An employee was assisting a crew in de-energizing a radial section of cable. The employee was switching cables to isolate a section he was working on when a probe contacted a cable, resulting in a shock and burns to both hands. | |||||
2021-06-24 | Fayetteville | Ar | Bill's Electric Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
On June 24, 2021, at 11:00 a.m., an employee was on a scissor lift 20 feet high splicing wires together from a panel to the rooftop units inside junction boxes. The employee was shocked, causing him to fall out of the scissor lift onto the ground and resulting in contusions and bruising that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-06-21 | Duquesne | Pa | Sargent Electric Company | Head, neck, and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was installing a 277-volt light fixture while on a 6-foot, A-frame ladder when the employee contacted a phase of the conductor and was shocked, causing him to fall backward off the ladder to the ground below. The employee suffered trauma to their head, neck, and chest. | |||||
2021-06-18 | Pleasanton | Tx | AT&T Inc. | Arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was repairing a telephone line using a bucket truck. The line shocked the employee, burning the employee's arm. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-06-14 | Vancouver | Wa | JT MARINE, INC. | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee and a co-worker were preparing to change the position of a pump control device for a water filtering system on a tug boat. The employee was loosening a screw when they received an electrical shock to their hand from a 480-volt current and burns. | |||||
2021-06-13 | Margate | Fl | Florida Power & Light Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
On 6/13/2021, an employee was hospitalized after making contact with secondary voltage in a pad mounted transformer and receiving an electric shock. | |||||
2021-06-08 | Parkesburg | Pa | Mirarchi Brothers Inc. | Foot (feet) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was shocked while replacing an electrical pole resulting in cardiac arrest and burns to both feet. | |||||
2021-06-07 | Metamora | Il | Snyder Village | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Other fall to lower level |
On June 7, 2021, an employee was standing on a 6-foot fiberglass step ladder, addressing an issue with a heat pump. The heat pump was turned on to build pressure. While checking the refrigerant in the heat pump, the employee contacted a wire, was shocked, and fell from the ladder. The employee was hospitalized, having suffered electrical burns to the left thumb, index finger, and middle finger, as well as a bruise to the left arm from the fall and neck/back strain. | |||||
2021-06-02 | Portage | Wi | Portage Plastics Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was fixing a grinder. The space was limited and he could not open the grinder electrical door all the way. After checking voltage and replacing a fuse, he stood up to shut the main disconnect off and the cabinet door shut slowly, pushing his hand inside and shocking him. He was then held to the grinder. He was shocked, resulting in the amputation of his left pinky and ring fingers, as well as a thumb injury that required a skin graft. | |||||
2021-06-01 | Augusta | Ga | Georgia Power Company | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
After repairing a casing on a power line, an employee was making a connection to energize a distribution line. The employee was shocked, suffering second- and third-degree burns to the face and left elbow. | |||||
2021-05-29 | Riverdale | Ga | The Kroger Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less |
On May 29, 2021, an employee sustained an electric shock to the left hand while cleaning a deli slicer. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-05-26 | Fort Worth | Tx | Asplundh Tree Expert Co. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was trimming a pecan tree with a hand saw. He had climbed the tree and was pulling a limb back to cut it when the limb contacted power lines. The employee was shocked and suffered burns to both hands and both knees. | |||||
2021-05-26 | Talihina | Ok | Gordon Construction Co., Inc. | Hand(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was in a bucket constructing a new electrical distribution line. The employee was connecting a primary phase to a pole. While holding the primary phase in his right hand, his left hand was on the controls of the bucket. A metal part of the bucket contacted a live, energized line and the employee was shocked. The employee also sustained burns to both hands. | |||||
2021-05-21 | Westerville | Oh | CLAYPOOL ELECTRIC, INC. | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was working on a lighting junction box above the ceiling and cut an energized 277-volt circuit wire. The employee was shocked and received an electrical burn on their right hand. | |||||
2021-05-18 | Dothan | Al | Thorne Electric Co Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less |
An employee had just finished wiring a junction box for a cooler in a food storage unit. The box was powered on and the employee suffered a 120-volt shock. | |||||
2021-05-12 | Springfield | Mo | Jenfab Cleaning Solutions | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was hooking up a washing machine to be tested. The employee touched two live wires and suffered a shock to the entire body, as well as burns to both hands. | |||||
2021-05-10 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Alstom | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was testing vehicles under high voltage and sustained an electrical shock. | |||||
2021-05-10 | Fort Worth | Tx | Sema Construction Inc. | Multiple body parts | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was spotting a dump truck carrying fill material. The truck's bed was extended to its full height to dump the load. The truck then began to move forward, toward overhead electrical lines. The truck contacted the lines while the spotter was touching it. He was shocked and suffered burns to the arm and back. | |||||
2021-05-01 | Paris | Tx | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was clearing a jam on a bagger machine. He was severely shocked by static electricity. | |||||
2021-05-01 | Glenside | Pa | Neshaminy Constructors, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
An employee was standing on the bed of a crane, waiting to unhook a concrete block that the crane had just lifted off the ground. The crane hit an energized electrical wire and the employee was shocked, suffering internal burns and a heart arrhythmia. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-04-29 | Carthage | Mo | CROSSLAND CONSTRUCTION CO. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was working on a stepladder. He came in to contact with an energized ceiling fan, was shocked, and fell off the ladder. He suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
2021-04-28 | Toms River | Nj | OCEAN COUNTY MALL | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was separating lighting on electrical relays. The employee was shocked by wires and fell from a ladder to the ground, suffering a broken hip. | |||||
2021-04-26 | New York | Ny | Hailey Insulation Corp | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
While insulating refrigerant pipes, an employee came into contact with a battery bank and was shocked. The employee suffered hand lacerations and two dislocated shoulders. | |||||
2021-04-19 | Tyngsboro | Ma | Geosearch, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Indirect exposure to electricity |
An employee was fueling a mobile drill rig. When lifted, the drill boom contacted an overhead powerline. The employee was shocked, suffering a small pinhole burn. | |||||
2021-04-15 | Newnan | Ga | Golden Insulation LLC | Arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was wrapping ductwork with insulation in an area where wires were hanging out of an existing conduit. The employee bumped the wires and the wire nut fell off which caused the employee to sustain an electric shock and second degree burns to the right arm. | |||||
2021-04-12 | Richland | Pa | RIGIDPLY RAFTERS, INCORPORATED | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was performing maintenance on the RF generator portion of a beam press. The employee contacted a live electrical conductor and electricity entered the employee's flashlight and exited the employee's foot. The employee was hospitalized for electric shock. | |||||
2021-04-06 | Valley Head | Al | Sand Mountain Electric Co-Op | Nonclassifiable | Indirect exposure to electricity |
A lineman was in a bucket trying to pull the powerline when it got caught in a tree limb. The powerline then came in contact with an energized line, causing an employee on the ground that was in contact with the tail end of the line to receive an electrical shock/burn. | |||||
2021-03-30 | Greenwood | Ar | Forsgren Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
An employee was spotting a dump truck. The truck raised its bed into a high-voltage overhead powerline while the employee was touching a hopper connected to the truck. The employee was shocked. | |||||
2021-03-26 | Lacygne | Ks | Unique Rides Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Vehicle or machinery fire |
An employee was using a torch to cut a shock off a truck. The vehicle caught fire and the employee was burned. | |||||
2021-03-24 | Duncansville | Pa | Veeder-Root | Leg(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity |
An employee was moving a metal manifold with a jib hoist. The employee lowered the manifold onto the cart and was using both hands to position the manifold. The pendant struck the metal manifold and hoist lifting hook and broke the back cover off which exposed the live electrical terminals. The terminals then contacted the metal and shocked the employee resulting in a burn to the back of their left leg. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-03-24 | Ailey | Ga | Pike Electric LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was changing out porcelain bells to polymer bells on a single phase conductor and received an electrical shock, resulting in first degree burns under his right arm and second degree burns in his left armpit. | |||||
2021-03-09 | West Orange | Nj | ST. BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was on a ladder repairing a light fixture. The fixture shorted, and he suffered an electrical shock and burns to both hands. | |||||
2021-03-04 | Philadelphia | Pa | Urban Outfitters, Inc | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was on an A-frame ladder fixing an electrical wire on an HVAC unit in a ceiling. The employee was holding onto the unit with their left hand when the employee was shocked with 480V of electricity. The employee let go of the unit and fell 6 feet from the ladder. In the midst of falling, the employee hit their head on a metal work station. The employee was hospitalized for two skull fractures, burns to three fingers on their left hand and one finger on their right hand, and unspecified | |||||
2021-02-27 | Atlanta | Ga | ROLLINS BUYING SERVICE, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
Two employees were moving an extension ladder to another part of a house. The ladder contacted an overhead power line and the employees sustained electrical shock. | |||||
2021-02-25 | Fairfield | Al | Ranger Environmental, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was picking up a paper towel from the floor near a two-phase electrical heater. Loose wiring on the heater and stand shocked the employee's left ring and index fingers. | |||||
2021-02-25 | New Britain | Ct | Integro, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was testing a cable assembly that had just been molded. Live cables shocked his left hand, and he was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-02-24 | Conroe | Tx | ARS Rescue Rooter | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less |
An employee was replacing an electrical breaker for a garage door at a residential site. The employee suffered a 120-volt shock to the right hand. | |||||
2021-02-23 | Longview | Tx | Amaya Utility Inc. | Hand(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity |
An employee was pulling cable while standing in front of a directional drilling machine when the machine struck an electrical pole riser. The electrical pole riser clamp had a power cord that contacted the drilling machine. The employee was shocked and sustained burns to the right hand. | |||||
2021-02-12 | Ranson | Wv | Comcast Cable | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was using an aerial lift to repair overhead cable lines. A tractor trailer drove by on the road below and made contact with the power lines creating an electrical arc that struck the employee. The employee sustained electrical shock and burns to the right arm and lower right region of their back. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-02-10 | Carrollton | Tx | Pike Electric, LLC | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was working on replacing conduit inside a pad-mounted transformer when the employee sustained an electric shock, resulting in burns to the right hand and hip. | |||||
2021-02-03 | Carriere | Ms | United Aerial Construction, LLC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was setting up to install cable wire when the employee came in contact with a primary 14,000-volt electrical line. The employee sustained an electric shock. | |||||
2021-02-02 | Ulysses | Ks | Sunflower Electric Power Corporation - Holcomb Station | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less |
Employees were grounding a 115KV line. An employee was in a bucket truck when the truck's upper boom contacted an ungrounded phase which energized the bucket. The employee was shocked and lost consciousness for approximately 30 seconds. The employee also suffered burns to his left hand that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-01-28 | Miami | Fl | Carvana, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee reset a breaker after a power outage. He was shocked by the breaker panel and knocked to the ground. | |||||
2021-01-24 | Enid | Ok | INTEGRIS Bass Baptist Health Center | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was shocked while replacing a can light fixture. The employee suffered a burn to the hand and a shoulder sprain. | |||||
2021-01-19 | Orlando | Fl | Millennium Enterprises Unlimited, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
On or about January 19, 2021, an employee was working on an in-ground junction box behind an electric fence. The fence shocked him. After his shift, he became ill and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-01-07 | Jackson | Ms | Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was replacing a light fixture in an office ceiling and sustained a possible electric shock. The employee fell from the stepladder and suffered fractures to the face and left shoulder. | |||||
2021-01-06 | Slidell | La | Integrated Service Solutions LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was changing a lighting fixture from a scissor lift. He was shocked and fell out of the lift onto an aisle end cap. He was hospitalized, suffering from back injuries. | |||||
2021-01-05 | Lighthouse Point | Fl | Gomez Roofing Co. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was installing metal roofing for a residential home. The metal z-bar he was using contacted a powerline. The employee was shocked and fell about 10 feet from the home's rooftop. He sustained severe electrical burns to his hands, arms, and legs. | |||||
2020-10-14 | Alpine | Tx | Rio Grande Electric Cooperative, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was inspecting and cleaning a probe on a newly installed power distribution transformer, after ensuring that the fuses were disconnected. The employee's left index finger touched powered equipment and the employee was shocked. | |||||
2020-10-11 | El Paso | Tx | Delfingen | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee received an electrical shock after inserting a wire into a molding machine. | |||||
2020-10-08 | Grenada | Ms | EMI Staffing, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was hospitalized after receiving an electrical shock while operating a machine. | |||||
2020-10-02 | Boston | Ma | C&W SERVICES | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to electricity |
An employee had responded to a downed light pole outside of the building and possibly sustained an electric shock. | |||||
2020-10-02 | Bath | Me | General Dynamics | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was cleaning near high voltage cables and received an electric shock. | |||||
2020-09-28 | Pleasant Plain | Oh | Duke Energy Ohio | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
A lineman contacted an energized 7,200 single-phase line while pulling copper ground wire. The employee received an electric shock resulting in burns to the right shoulder, neck, chest, shin and thigh. |