Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Electrocutions, electric shocks
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at USS Missouri Memorial Association, Inc., 63 Cowpens St., HONOLULU, HAWAII 96818
on — Electrocutions, electric shocks, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee went to unplug a piece of equipment and was shocked by a 480-volt dehumidification unit.
An employee was installing a ground wire to a power transmission pole. The ground wire contacted an energized portion of a cut-out, causing an arc-flash. The employee was hospitalized with second degree burns to their chest and arms.
An employee was connecting a utility transformer for underground service to a home. The employee's impact drill went across two connection bars with 240 volts of potential, creating an arc flash. The employee sustained burns to the face and eyes due to the arc flash and molten aluminum.
On December 15, 2023, at 9:15 AM, an employee was changing 60-amp fuses in a 480-volt panel when an arc flash occurred. The employee was hospitalized with burns to both hands.
On July 20, 2022, an employee had been making repairs to a chicken coop, replacing windows and wires. At approximately 1:30 PM, the employee was hospitalized after experiencing heat stress illness.
An employee was standing on the back of a truck crane loading material into a dumper using a hand handled remote control. The employee fell from the flatbed of the truck crane onto the ground resulting in multiple fractures to their ribs, vertebrae and head.
A summer employee was tasked with weed whacking brush on a hill at the amusement area. He slipped while mowing the hill and severed the tips of three toes. He was hospitalized where surgery was performed to repair the toes.
An employee was on a 6-foot A-frame ladder, working to replace ceiling tiles. They fell to the ground and sustained fractures to their hip and femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was installing shoring and stepped on a 2x4 that was running across the top of a trench. He fell through and was hospitalized with a fractured left femur.
An employee was securing a ramp to a dock to unload cargo. He was using large pins to put the ramp in place when two of his fingers got caught in the ramp, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was helping to dismantle a mobile crawler crane. Employees were separating boom sections. When the last pin was hammered out, the 40-foot boom section dropped 4-5 inches onto the injured employee's left foot. All five toes were amputated and the employee was hospitalized for surgery.