Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less · Electrocutions, electric shocks
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Anchor Construction Corporation, 306 19th Street, NE, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20002
on — Electrocutions, electric shocks, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was in a manhole pulling a 120-volt spider to connect it. The spider snapped and struck his chest. He was shocked and hospitalized.
An employee was standing at the edge of a trench while handing shoring materials to two employees in the trench below. The concrete beneath where the employee was standing gave way causing the employee to fall approximately 8 feet into the trench. The employee was hospitalized with contusions and lacerations to the neck, back, and shoulder.
An employee was helping a coworker stack hydraulic shoring into the bed of a service truck when the shoring shifted and smashed/amputated the employee's ring fingertip.
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.
In the kitchen, an employee unplugged her cellphone from an electrical outlet and sustained an electrical shock and burns to fingers and toes. She later went to take out the trash and collapsed with weakness down her arm and leg. She was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 237110)
An employee was moving a tensile strength test device with a dolly. The device fell from the dolly onto the employee's right leg, causing a compound fracture.
On October 7, 2025, employees were conducting trenching operations for the installation of a new sewer line system. The excavator's bucket was detached and put inside the trench as it was being exchanged for a different-sized bucket. An employee entered the trench with a shovel to move some dirt located at the front end of the pipe. The excavator bucket shifted and slid, striking the employee s right foot and trapping it against the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right tibia.
Employees were working to dislodge a large truck that was stuck in a rut using tow straps and a front-end loader with the bucket removed. An employee connected the straps to the loader and truck and another employee slowly engaged the loader to close the coupler. The injured employee's arm became caught in a pinch point. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured arm.
An employee was lifting a piece of 30-inch line stopping equipment using a jack screw. A lifting eye weld snapped and the load dropped. The end of the jack screw then landed on the employee's heel and crushed it. The employee was hospitalized.
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.
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.
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.
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.