A firm in the UK was ordered by the Health and Safety Executive to pay £30,000 after two workers were burned in an electrical incident.  The workers were electrocuted while working on a dockside crane.  A maintenance worker was asked to investigate a power failure on the crane even though he was not a trained [...]

A 25 year old Colorado man was electrocuted while trimming trees when the arm of his bucket came into contact with a high-voltage line.  The man was found unconscious in his bucket and was unable to be revived.  It appears the line slid under the bucket and came into contact with the arm. OSHA is [...]

The 20-year-old man was electrocuted when the bucket he was using to paint a barn came into contact with an overhead electrical wire. He was flown to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. An investigation  of the incident is pending. Click here to read more about Illinois electrocution

A worker who was using a boom truck to position a sign was severely shocked in Charlotte, NC.  The truck accidentally came in contact with power lines causing the operator of the truck to receive an electric shock.  The victim was transported to the hospital with Life-threatening injuries. Click here to read more about electrical [...]

An Ontario Canada company was  fined a total of $81K  following a serious accident that occurred in 2009.  A worker was seriously hurt and underwent an amputation after coming in contact with a crane’s hook and receiving an electrical shock. Click here to read more about Ontario electrical shock incident

Two farm workers in Edmonton, Alberta were fatally electrocuted after the grain auger they were transporting came in contact with an overhead power-line.  Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) responded to the accident but left without conducting a full investigation as farms ate not covered under Alberta’s workplace safety laws.  Alberta is the only Canadian province that [...]

A masonry contractor was killed and another received a massive electrical shock and burn while spreading concrete behind a concrete pumper boom truck.  One employee was moving the hose to direct the flow of concrete when the boom of the pumper truck came in contact with the overhead line carrying 7,620 volts. The employee received [...]

A contractor who sustained horrific burns two years ago when  the boom he was operating made contact with electrical wires, has been approved as a candidate to receive a face transplant.  The accident left the victim blind, with no sense of smell, no lips and no teeth.  Although he has undergone 22 surgeries, but still needs a face transplant.    [...]

A 26 year old man was fatally electrocuted while working on a project for Norfolk-based Lake Erie Construction company in June, 2010.  He was removing old guardrail posts when he came in contact with a boom truck that touched a live power line. Four months later, OSHA continues to investigate whether the company violated safety standards [...]