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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Helix Electric, Inc.

Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Helix Electric, Inc., 950 New York Avenue, NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20001 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.

An employee was trying to open a large mechanical door when his right hand was caught in the door. Part of his right little finger was amputated.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Doors, except garage and vehicle

Helix Electric, Inc.

An employee was using a pipe cart to move conduit. The uprights on the cart shifted and struck him in the throat, fracturing his larynx. He was hospitalized for surgery.

Helix Electric, Inc.

An employee had been connecting cables between a load bank and a transformer (neither were connected to an energy source). After that he began to roll out and position cables to connect the transformer to an electrical switchboard. While positioning cables at the rear of the switchboard in preparation for making the final connections, he contacted an energized buss bar. The employee sustained first degree burns on both arms, with second degree burns on his forearms and hands. He also sustained first and second degree burns on the left side of his chest. Additionally, he sustained two exit wounds on his left leg, one on the knee and the other just above the knee.

Helix Electric, Inc.

An employee was feeding wire into a wire-pulling unit when the employee's fingertip entered a pinch point on the machine and was partially amputated.

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KLX Energy Services

An employee was closing an office door when their middle fingertip was caught between the door and the frame, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

ALAN WIRE COMPANY

An employee was doing a repair in an office building. He was closing a bank vault door when his right index finger became caught between the door and the door frame resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Dakota Plains Dairy, LLC

An employee's left index finger was pinched between a cattle gate and a concrete wall, resulting in amputation of soft tissue and loss of the fingernail.

USPS

An employee was delivering mail when their left little finger got caught in a door and the door closed, resulting in amputation.

R. F. KNOX COMPANY, INC.

On December 11, 2023, an employee was transporting equipment for demolition tasks and waiting for the superintendent to open the door. The door closed and amputated the tip of the employee's left thumb.

Smart Building Technologies - A Fidelity Company

An employee was troubleshooting the control setup for a variable air volume box above a ceiling. The employee's hand came into contact with an exposed, energized 277-volt wire that had loosened from its terminal on the box's assembly. He was shocked and fell off a ladder. His left hand passed across the ceiling grid and was lacerated. He also suffered an electrical burn to the right hand and was hospitalized.

Abbott Electric Inc

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.

Mintcrest Corp

An employee was standing on an A-frame ladder approximately 6 feet above the floor while he attached a suspended light fixture to the ceiling. The employee lost balance, and fell to the tiled floor below, sustaining blunt force trauma to his head.

Cupertino Electric, Inc.

An employee was inspecting the overhead area of a single-person lift and repositioning the lift through a double doorway. As they were transitioning through the doorway, they were caught between the doorframe and the vertical mast of the lift. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the nose, left maxillary sinus, left orbital bone, and left jaw, with fractures at the maxillary sinus area.

Swedberg Electric, LLC

The injured employee was performing routine maintenance on a fan belt/pulley. The injured employee and another person were moving the pulley back and forth manually to find a bearing issue. The injured employee's left ring finger got caught between the belt and the pulley wheel, resulting in a soft tissue amputation.

Smart Building Technologies - A Fidelity Company

An employee was troubleshooting the control setup for a variable air volume box above a ceiling. The employee's hand came into contact with an exposed, energized 277-volt wire that had loosened from its terminal on the box's assembly. He was shocked and fell off a ladder. His left hand passed across the ceiling grid and was lacerated. He also suffered an electrical burn to the right hand and was hospitalized.

Goodrich Fire & Life Safety

An employee was assembling a baker type scaffold. He was beginning to transverse down the scaffold, approximately six feet off the ground, when the scaffold tipped over and he fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur.

Harris Teeter #352

An employee was stocking and ordering the meat case on the sales floor when he slipped and fell due to water on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.

Georgetown University

An employee was working on an exhaust fan on the roof when he tripped on a wire and fell to the ground. The employee sustained scrapes on his elbow, and a fractured right knee with a torn ACL. The employee was hospitalized.

United Masonry and Landscaping, LLC

An employee was climbing a scaffold when he slipped and fell 10 to 15 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle.