Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Electrocutions, electric shocks
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Greenix Pest Control, 6424 Buckeye Path Dr. S, GROVE CITY, OHIO 43123
on — Electrocutions, electric shocks, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
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Final narrative
An employee was using a brush pole to clean the eaves at a residence and to apply pesticides. The employee's pole came in contact with the electrical lines, causing the employee to receive an electric shock. The employee lost consciousness and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSBrooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
An employee was filling bait boxes and tracking moles at customer sites. The employee began suffering dizziness and tunnel vision and was hospitalized, suffering from dehydration/heat stress.
A crew was working near an electrical pole. A co-worker was using a front-loader to grade a slope when the loader slid into a guy-wire and became tangled and stuck. The injured employee used a handheld grinder to cut the wire a few feet from the ground. The lower part of the wire fell to the ground, but the upper part of the wire fell toward the pole and contacted an energized part before the end landed in nearby bushes. The employee attempted to shake the bush to free the wire so it could fall back toward the pole. The wire popped up and contacted his hands, resulting in electrical entry burns to both hands and exit burns on both feet.
On November 18, 2023, two employees were using a 2x4 to lift a power line. The boom lift they were operating made contact with power lines and both employees sustained electrical shock injuries.
An employee was part of a crew that was servicing a power line. The employee was in a bucket truck when he contacted the 7,200-volt power line. The electricity entered through one hand and exited the other, causing several electrical burns. The employee was not wearing proper personal protective equipment at the time.
An employee was helping a crew set up a 45-foot pole between two other poles. It was being set up between two energized lines and the pole made contact with the A-phase. The employee was electrocuted and lost consciousness. The electricity also caused an entry wound in their left forearm and an exit wound in their left foot.
An employee was handling a 45-foot long rebar for installation on the third floor of a building at a 30-foot elevation. The rebar came into close proximity of a powerline situated 13 feet off the building. The employee sustained electrical burns to his hands from electric discharge, requiring hospitalization.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 561710)
The injured employee was trimming a bush with a hedge trimmer. He reached over with his left hand to remove a branch. The blades of the trimmer partially amputated his left index finger.
An employee was performing pest control services at a residential home when he tripped and fell on the front porch steps. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured wrist, two fractured ribs, and a subdural hematoma.
An employee was on a 32-foot fiberglass ladder positioned on a porch roof, using a caulk gun to seal the fascia board around the gable of a house. He was about 16 feet up the ladder, which was not fully extended. The base of the ladder slid away from the house. The employee fell onto the porch roof, then to the ground below, a distance of about 10 feet. He suffered broken ribs, lacerations and facial abrasions, and a potential facial fracture.
An employee was performing service on a customer's attic. They stepped off a walk board to retrieve a tool and misstepped onto the rafters, causing them to fall approximately 10 to 12 feet. The employee sustained a back injury.
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.