Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Electrocutions, electric shocks
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at East Coast Integrated Systems, Encompass Health Corporation, CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03301
on — Electrocutions, electric shocks, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was on site troubleshooting magnetic door holders and investigating a short in the low voltage wiring. She was on a 6-foot ladder in the access hatch of a first floor rotunda when she located an unmarked junction box near the assumed trouble area and removed the cover. She then came into contact with a high-voltage bare wire (287 volts) and received an electrical shock, requiring hospitalization.
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 working from an extension ladder, installing a security camera. The ladder fell out from under the employee, who fell to the ground 12 feet below and broke his right femur.
At about 9:20 a.m. on October 10, 2025, an employee was backing up a stand-up forklift in a storage warehouse to move pallets of goods from steel pallet storage racks. His right knee was pinned between the forklift and the steel racking, and his femur was broken near the knee. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was troubleshooting a burglar alarm system and began descending a ladder when their foot became caught in a rung and they fell to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to their tibia and fibula.
On 12/18/2024, a temporary employee was spotting for a forklift. The forklift was turning to put a pallet on a trailer for transport when the pallet struck the back of the employee's left leg. The employee sustained a broken bones in the lower left leg, ankle, and foot. He also sustained a laceration across the left foot.
An employee was on the second step of a four-foot ladder to remove a pipe plug using a wrench. The wrench slipped and he lost his balance. The employee fell from the ladder to the floor, landing on his right knee. The employee sustained a fractured right tibia.
An employee was lowering the bucket of a track loader that contained a grade stake and the grade stake punctured his foot, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was using a pike to move a pallet of sugar that was stuck in the powder racking. The employee fell backward, landing on his right leg. The employee's leg was fractured and he was hospitalized.
An employee was working to fix the forks on a forklift when the fork(s) fell on her toes. The second and third toes on her right foot were fractured, lacerated, and required stitches.
An employee was delivering a 65-foot boom lift to a rental customer's construction site. The employee set up the ramp truck in the parking lot adjacent to the construction site. He elevated the boom 4-5 feet to clear a temporary fence. While driving the boom lift off the ramp, the wheels slid to the driver's side of the ramp truck, ultimately sliding off the ramp. The boom lift fell off the side of the truck and rolled onto its side. The employee sustained a fractured clavicle, a dislocated shoulder, separated/fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a fractured left femur. The employee required surgery.