Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Electrocutions, electric shocks
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Siemens Industry, Inc., 2213 Quicksilver Road, MC DONALD, PENNSYLVANIA 15057
on — Electrocutions, electric shocks, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
While replacing switch components on a high-voltage contactor, an employee was shocked and required hospitalization.
An employee was performing electrical testing on switchgear when an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the face, hands, and knees.
An employee was standing on the fourth rung of an A-frame ladder. The employee slipped backward off the ladder and landed on their heels, suffering fractures to both.
An employee was bringing a piece of equipment into a warehouse on a pallet jack. As he entered the warehouse, the pallet jack hit a hump in the floor and tipped over, breaking vertebrae in the employee's back.
An employee was observing as a forklift operator removed a voltage regulator from the assembly line when the load became unbalanced and began falling from the forklift. The employee was struck by the falling product and fell to the concrete floor while moving away from it, straining his right shoulder and left knee.
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 was cleaning a machine and bleeding its lines. After the gauge read 0, the employee removed the metal lid covering a filter. The lid popped off and struck the employee in the face, causing a broken nose, a broken jaw, and lacerations.
An employee was troubleshooting a variable frequency drive (VFD). There was an electrical discharge. The employee experienced an electrical shock of approximately 480 volts and sustained second- and third-degree burns on their right hand, wrist, forearm, and elbow.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.