WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA·2017-08-24

Georgetown University

Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less · Electrocutions, electric shocks

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Georgetown University, 3300 Whitehaven Street, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20007 on 2017-08-24, Electrocutions, electric shocks, affecting the body systems.

Watch Georgetown University for free Get an email when a new federal OSHA severe-injury report for Georgetown University is published. One employer, no account, unsubscribe in one click.

Final narrative

An employee was operating a backpack vacuum cleaner when the vacuum's power cord was severed, causing an electrical spark that shocked his left leg.

Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Vacuum cleaners

More severe injuries at Georgetown University

Nov 16, 2025 WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA · Other fall to lower level unspecified Oct 6, 2025 WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA · Fall on same level due to slip or trip Oct 19, 2021 WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA · Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker Feb 17, 2016 WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA · Fall on same level due to slipping Sep 1, 2015 WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA · Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

View Georgetown University's full OSHA safety record →

Similar incidents · Same event type

Oct 27, 2023 Best Buy · PLANO, ILLINOIS Aug 31, 2023 Seabrook Village, Inc. · TINTON FALLS, NEW JERSEY Aug 11, 2023 NY Developers & Management Inc · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK Aug 7, 2023 Anchor Construction Corporation · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Aug 4, 2023 Daystar · BEDFORD, TEXAS

More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 611310)

Nov 21, 2025 University of Dayton · DAYTON, OHIO Nov 18, 2025 Princeton University · PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY Nov 16, 2025 Georgetown University · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Nov 11, 2025 Union College · SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK Nov 6, 2025 The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · KENNETT SQUARE, PENNSYLVANIA

More severe injuries in DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nov 16, 2025 Georgetown University · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Nov 14, 2025 U.S. Department of Interior · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Oct 31, 2025 Smart Building Technologies - a Fidelity Company · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Oct 21, 2025 Goodrich Fire & Life Safety · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Oct 13, 2025 Harris Teeter #352 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA