Direct exposure to electricity unspecified · Electrical burns and electrocution
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Whisps Acquisition Corp., 2585 Technology Drive, ELGIN, ILLINOIS 60124
on — Electrical burns and electrocution, affecting the Body systems and other part(s) of body.
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Final narrative
An employee was working in an electrical transmitter panel when they sustained an electrical shock. They fell to the floor and sustained burns to their right arm and leg.
Hospitalized Body systems and other part(s) of body Switchboards, panels, fuses
An employee was working to start an aerator machine on the front lawn of the customer's property. They pulled the starter cord of the machine and sustained an electrical shock to their right arm/hand.
An employee was adjusting the height of an ultraviolet (UV) lamp. She was electrocuted by the UV machine. She sustained burns on her left hand and an entry wound on the right forearm. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was reaching for a piece of angle iron when it fell onto his hand, which was on a table to support him as he reached for the overhead rack. He suffered a broken finger and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was working to open the liftgate on the back of a delivery truck. His left middle finger was pinched between the gate and its frame, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.