Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less · Electrocutions, electric shocks
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lehigh Country Club, 2319 South Cedar Crest Boulevard, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 18103
on — Electrocutions, electric shocks, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
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Final narrative
An employee was tightening a charging port on a golf cart when he suffered an electrical shock to his lower forearm and hand.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSGolf cart, personnel transport cart
An employee was setting up music for a fitness class. As the employee plugged their personal device into the outlet, she was shocked. The employee experienced pain in her left side, mainly in her arm and head.
Two employees were testing the phase voltage of the 208 volt bus bar circuit. An arc flash occurred during the testing. One employee suffered burns to the face, neck, and hands. Another employee suffered burns to his arm.
An employee slipped on some spilled sauce in the walk-in cooler and fell, hitting the front of his head on the concrete. Approximately 30 minutes later, he became ill, collapsed, and had a seizure. The employee was hospitalized with an intraparenchymal hemorrhage (IPH).
At about 5:50 a.m. on August 14, 2025, an employee was changing tee cups on a golf course. He stepped away to the brush to grab a branch from the ground and a rattlesnake bit the top of his right hand.
An employee exited a utility or golf cart that was moving at about 10 mph. The employee lost his footing and hit his head on cement pavement, suffering head trauma with a loss of feeling. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was trimming hedges when he slipped and his right thumb contacted the blades of the hedge trimmers. He sustained amputation of approximately 80% of the right thumb beyond the first joint and a laceration to the right index finger.
On July 28, 2025, an employee was removing ice buildup from the floor of a walk-in freezer. He was melting the ice with warm water when he slipped and fell on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to his left leg/ankle and he required surgery.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.