A 25 year-old apprentice lineman badly burned over 50% of his body in an electrical incident in October 2010 is continuing his rehabilitation.  The lineman was operating a scissor lift at an electrical substation when electricity arced and touched the corner of the lift. The electricity traveled to the ground and back, resulting in severe burns. Without electrical [...]

NorthWestern Energy, an investor owned utility and a Montana company has been issued citations after an employee was inured while working on high-voltage equipment.  The apprentice lineman came in contact with 7,200 volts and was seriously injured.  The company was issued a repeat citation for failing to implement a minimum approach distance from high-voltage equipment and [...]

 A Boston hospital faces $63,000 in OSHA  fines  for alleged “repeat and serious violations” of electrical safety standards following an investigation that resulted from a complaint from an employee. Click here to read more about the OSHA fines at Boston Hospital

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

Cal- OSHA  has fined a  Santa Clara-based window washing company $17.5K  following an electrical accident that resulted in the death of one employee and severly injured another. The employees were severely burned when the bucket of their cherry picker came into contact with high-voltage transmission lines.  One of the employees died three week later.  The  citations state that the [...]

After a visit to an Ohio-based furniture manufacturer, OSHA issued two violations for failing to train workers in proper safety procedures, and failure to ensure that the workers wore fire resistant clothing and voltage-rated protective gloves when working on 480-volt electrical panels. The company also received two serious citations for failing to implement safety-related work [...]

OSHA has levied $91.5K in fines on a Marysville, OH manufacturer of industrial ceramic products after a worker suffered permanent injury to his arm.  OSHA cited failure to properly lock out machinery and electrical equipment from energy sources while workers performed routine maintenance.  Citations were issued for failing to train employees on lockout/tagout procedures for energized equipment,  [...]

OSHA has proposed fining the Nebraska firm $60K for serious and willful violations following the fatal electrocution of a subcontracted worker.  One employee was shocked as he was instructed to clean out a charged electrical cable tray.  The subcontracted employee was fatally electrocuted after being asked to check the same tray.   The willful citation is related to  exposing [...]

OSHA initiated the inspection at the West Virginia postal office in a response to a complaint and cited the Postal Service with 4 willful and 1 serious violations.  The willful violations include failing to  label electrical cabinets, failure to properly train employees, failure to use safety-related work practices when exposed to energized electrical parts and failure [...]

The Cleveland Ohio company was fined $149K and was issued willful citations for failing to establish lockout/tagout procedures of energy sources, failing to train workers on recognizing hazardous energy sources and failing require workers to lock out machinery while performing maintenance. Click here to read more about the $145K OSHA fine for lack of hazardous [...]