Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Electrical burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tektronix Inc, 28775 Aurora Rd., CLEVELAND, OHIO 44139
on — Electrical burns, unspecified, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was constructing an electrical test stand when he came into contact with two electrical 800VAC wires. He was shocked and suffered burns on both hands.
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 performing maintenance and replacing a seal under a plexiglass viewing cylinder in a pre-expander machine. As the employee was testing the machine before putting it back into service, the viewing cylinder exploded and the employee sustained lacerations to their chest, face, right arm and hand.
Two employees were replacing a compressor and were moving it when one employee dropped the compressor and it landed on his right hand on the floor. The employee sustained an amputation to his middle fingertip.
An employee was pulling a cover off a piece of electrical equipment when a flash occurred and they were electrocuted and sustained burns to their face and both hands.
An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.