Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Electrocutions, electric shocks
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jones Lang LaSalle Inc., 100 Bellevue Parkway, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19809
on — Electrocutions, electric shocks, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
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Final narrative
An employee changing a 277-volt lighting ballast was shocked by electricity and sustained a laceration to a finger during their recoiling from the shock.
On February 26, 2025, at approximately 6:00 PM, an employee discovered fallen window blinds on the tenth floor. He secured a 6-foot ladder to reinstall the blinds. During the reinstallation process, he fell from the ladder to the floor and sustained fractures to both arms. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was removing a filter from a box while standing on a 10-foot ladder. The box was stationary on the ladder cap. As the employee pulled the filter from the box, his right hand entered a ceiling fan. He suffered a broken hand and lacerations, with significant blood loss.
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.
On September 4, 2025, an employee was standing on a 4-foot ladder when he fell backward to the dirt ground. He suffered a compression fracture to his L1 vertebra.
An employee was painting a wall while on a ladder. The ladder slipped out and the employee fell, striking their right wrist on the stairwell landing. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured wrist.
An employee was stepping out of a parked golf cart and onto a street when she lost balance and fell to the street, resulting in fractures in both ankles.
A flagger was directing traffic flow in a highway work zone. They were standing approximately 1.5 feet behind the shoulder's demarcating line, next to and slightly behind a traffic drum. As they were directing traffic into and out of the driveway of a parking lot, a car attempted to get around a truck and struck the traffic drum, which subsequently struck the employee, who was thrown 15 feet and landed on top of concrete aggregate. The employee suffered pelvic and rib fractures, T10 and L3 vertebra fractures, and internal bleeding.
An employee was troubleshooting a power washer in the field. Because there might have been water in its fuel, he brought it back to the shop and drained about a gallon of fuel from the tank into a plastic container. Some of the fuel spilled onto the floor and ignited. The employee was stomping out the fire when he lost his balance and tripped into a stool, which caused the plastic container to spill more fuel onto the fire. The employee's pants and shirt caught on fire, and he fell, abrading his knee while trying to get through the flames. As well as the knee abrasion, he suffered burns to the left leg and left lower quadrant of the torso. He was hospitalized.
An employee was backing up a tram (towing powered industrial equipment) to connect it to a trash bin. The employee's left forearm/wrist was caught and crushed between the tram and the bin. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee went to lift a carton and tripped on a different carton that was on the floor. She fell on the floor in the backroom and sustained a fractured right hip, and abrasions to her arm and knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.