PAE Applied Technologies, LLC

An employee was operating a forklift equipped with a commercial clamp attachment to move unprocessed gaylords of mailbags stored on floors, pallets, or shelves to inspector workstations. The forklift overturned and the employee's right foot became caught between the forklift s roll cage and the concrete floor of the work area, resulting in injuries that required surgical amputation of his big toe and second toe, and a partial amputation of the third toe. The employee was wearing steel boots at the time of the incident.

An employee was making modifications to an electrical panel when an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered burns to multiple parts of the body.

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.

An employee had just turned off breakers and was loosening wires on panels when they were shocked by 480 volts of electricity.

An employee went to prevent a forklift from overturning when the forklift tilted due to the weight of the load (crate of copper) and overturned. The forklift fell onto the legs of the employee and he sustained fractures to his right leg and ankle.

Employees were moving a single man lift into a building and reclining the lift to position it to fit through the door. The lift shifted and fell, causing the employee to sustain fractures to the left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

An engineering technician was testing an electrical panel when an arc flash occurred, resulting in burns to the arm and hand.

An employee was working on a 2-foot-high grated platform, replacing a wire in a clutch assembly on the scanner. The employee fell off the platform and landed on his side on a threaded rod sticking out of the concrete that is used to secure the scanner into place. The rod contacted his chest area, resulting in four broken ribs and a partially punctured lung.

An employee slipped on ice in the parking lot and fractured an ankle, requiring surgery.

The injured employee was assisting a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) enforcement operation. During an apprehension, officers returned fire at a subject and struck the employee with a bullet. The employee sustained a gunshot wound to their right hand.

The injured employee was assisting in the disassembly phase after a radar array had been lowered and secured. The crew began removing load bearing pins from an overhead crane to free the radome. A load bearing pin was stuck. The injured employee went to remove the pin manually as a second team member applied pressure from the opposite side. The pin unexpectedly released and struck the injured employee s right thumb, resulting in partial amputation of the distal phalanx including an open distal phalanx fracture and nail bed laceration.

An employee was working on an electrical panel in a mechanical room when an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered burns.

At about 3:10 p.m. on October 3, 2025, an employee was inspecting a car. Two dogs that had been in another car were leashed and tethered to a bollard. As the employee inspected the first car along with a narcotics detection dog, one of the other dogs came loose and attacked the narcotics dog. The employee was separating the dogs when the other dog bit his left ring finger. The last joint of the finger was injured and part of it was bitten off.

An employee was preparing a bundle of green onions for chopping. While holding the bundle in his left hand, he made his first cut using a 9-inch kitchen knife held in his right hand. The knife contacted the tip of his left thumb, resulting in an amputation of approximately 0.5 inches of the thumb that required hospitalization.