An employee of Wellington Electricity of Eastbourne was injured when coming in contact with a live cable at a a demolished soccer club changing room. Click here to read the article dated 3/15/12.

When preparing to remove a 20′ section of pipe supported by hanger straps at a Pine Bluff Arsenal construction project, a subcontractor was electrocuted when the pipe slipped and one end came in contact with an overhead power line. Click here to read the article dated 3/14/12.

A Russian tourist visiting Dewa Karon Beach Resort in Phuket, Thailand, suffered a fatal electric shock when he touched the metal rail of a footbridge over a pool that was electrified due to an unsecured wire on the bridge.  The restaurant manager who attempted to pull the man from the rail was also shocked.   A full-scale inspection of the [...]

While leaning against a boom truck, a Sac City, IA, man was electrocuted when the arm of the 50′ boom contacted an overhead power line.  His co-worker had been working in the bucket cutting tree branches. Click here to read the article from 3/14/12.

Attempting to repair an external flood light, a worker was shocked, burned, and suffered memory loss after touching a live junctionn box.  The contractor and managing director of the firm hired to perform the work were fined for not having protected the worker’s health and safety. Click here to read the article from 3/9/12.

The MSHA (Mine Safety & Health Administration) reports that the cause of the electrocution of a crew member at the DeAtley Crushing Co. of Oakesdale, WA, in September 2011, was due to failure of management procedures to ensure that persons de-energize an electrical circuit prior to performing work on it.  The newly installed generator system [...]

Two roofing contractors from Clio, MI, were shocked when the ladder that they were struggling to put up next to a building to climb to the top of a two-story building drifted backwards and struck the power line.  One man was electrocuted, and the other was shocked, but conscious, and alert on the ground.  OSHA requries the use of [...]

An Electric Department Lineman from Fairhope, AL, was electrocuted last December when multiple old wooden braces broke and live electrical wires fell onto  his back.  The lineman survived the accident and is still recovering.  The investigation indicates some possible factors:  insufficient original brace strength, inability to compute load-bearing potential of braces, degradation of braces over time, [...]

OSHA proposed $91k in penalties against Yaskawa America, Inc., of Oak Creek, WI, for allowing a worker to come in contact with exposed and energized parts without the appropriate PPE.   Yaskawa America was cited with 6 safety — including 1 willful – violations, 3 serious safety violations, and 2 other-than-serious violations. The worker received an [...]

A Tasmanian worker controlling the boom from which concrete flows was burned when another portion of the pumping truck came into contact with high-voltage power lines carrying 11,000 volts.  He sufferd entry and exit burns from the shock. Click here to read the article from 3/1/12.