Department of Defense Education Activity

An employee was walking from her personal vehicle back into the school by going down an embankment that was 18 feet long and had a slope of approximately 70 degrees. While walking down the embankment, she fell and broke her left leg (fibula and tibia).

An employee entered a cafeteria to retrieve his lunch, tripped over a cafeteria bench, and fell to the floor. He broke his left arm and was hospitalized, undergoing surgery to install pins/plates in the arm.

An employee was installing a 15-amp breaker in an electrical panel when a 12-gauge ground wire touched the positive busbar of the panel, resulting in an arc flash. The employee sustained a second-degree burn to their left hand.

An employee was repairing an HVAC system in the drop tile ceiling of a conference room when they were shocked, causing them to fall from the ladder. The employee sustained burns to their right middle and ring fingers.

An employee was replacing a contactor inside an electrical panel attached directly to a press. The press itself was receiving power from another main panel. After replacing the contactor, the employee flipped the switch and an arc flash occurred, burning the employee's elbow, bicep, and neck.

An employee was attempting to switch a medium-voltage primary cable and install a 200-amp fuse barrel. The employee contacted the bottom of the switch gear cradle for the fuse barrel, causing an arc blast. The electricity entered the employee s left hand and exited his big toes, resulting in electric shock and burns to the left hand, arm, shoulder, and both feet. The employee was hospitalized.

On December 6, 2023, an employee of Duke Energy was working on a single-phase 120-/240-volt parallel service re-tap when a secondary flash occurred in an underground service. The employee suffered a second-degree burn to the face and was hospitalized.

An employee was watching students perform their daily tasks. A student who had been vacuuming the floor punched the teacher in the chest. She was hospitalized with chest pain, a fast heart rate, and vertigo.

An employee was coming from the patio area to replace a trash can. He was carrying the trash can and walking toward the entrance of the cafeteria when he tripped over the rubber mat that precedes the ramp. He fell to the ground and sustained a torn ligament in his left shoulder.

An employee was standing in the parking lot while waiting for another employee to move a cart with a sign when they were struck by a vehicle, resulting in four fractured ribs.

An employee stepped out of her office, turned to lock the door, turned back, slipped, and fell. She suffered a broken right femur and was hospitalized. There were water droplets on the floor from a wet umbrella.

An employee was on a ladder that was leaning against a wall inside a multipurpose room. He was running wiring through the walls to install sound equipment. When he reached up to pull a wire, the ladder slid down the wall to the floor. The employee fell on top of the ladder and struck the floor, fracturing multiple bones in his face and his left hip.

An employee was working with an uncooperative patient when the patient fell onto their arm. The employee sustained two fractures to their arm and required surgery.

A nurse was working in the emergency department when they experienced nausea, difficulty breathing, and a cough due to chemical fumes. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was using a table saw to make wooden door stoppers when the wood kicked back and the blade caught part of their left hand, impacting two fingers and amputating one finger. The saw was unguarded at the time of the incident.

At about 1:20 p.m. on September 26, 2022, an employee was inspecting a house that was being remodeled when he fell through an opening on the second floor where stairs were going to be constructed. He struck some scaffolding and landed on the first floor. He suffered injuries to the right wrist, right elbow, left leg/knee, neck, and mid- to lower back. He also suffered five broken left-side ribs and bruised/collapsed lungs.

An employee driving a yard truck was parking the container when the container began to overturn, causing the cabin to bounce several times with the employee inside. He was hospitalized with three broken ribs, internal bleeding in his liver and head, and bruises on his face and head. He was hospitalized.