105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

KIOWA LINE BUILDERS INC

Indirect exposure to electricity greater than 220 volts · Electrocution, electric shock

An employee was retrieving material from the open bin of a digger derrick when the digger derrick contacted 7,200-volt primary electric lines. The employee sustained an electrical shock that went through his arms and exited his right foot.

Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Power lines, transformers, convertors

Paul Conard Construction Co., Inc

An employee was guiding the pouring end of a concrete pump truck's boom while standing on top of 4-foot wall forms. The boom contacted power lines and the employee was shocked. The employee sustained third-degree burns on the entry and exit path of the electricity, and also sustained first- and second-degree burns to their torso and legs.

Great Plains Health Urgent Care

An employee was cleaning a laptop charging cable when lightning struck. The employee began experiencing heart palpitations and hearing loss, resulting in hospitalization.

Bowman Energy Services LLC

An employee was acting as a spotter for a forklift operator. While its forks were being raised, the forklift came into contact with a power line. The employee was touching the forklift's metal frame at the time and was shocked on the left palm. The employee suffered burns to both the left palm and the sole of the left foot.

Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete, LLC

A Smyrna Ready Mix delivery driver was delivering concrete to a job site. He backed his truck up to a pump truck, then began preparing it to transfer the concrete. The pump truck's boom moved and came into contact with a power line, which broke and fell onto the employee's delivery truck. The employee was knocked to the ground and suffered electrical burns to both arms and both feet.

Riggs Tree Service, LLC

An employee was clearing a right-of-way for utility lines when a small sapling was cut and fell, causing vines to pull a tree down and into power lines. The vines also became electrified and were contacting the employee's feet, shocking them. The employee became ill and experienced slurred speech and convulsions, resulting in hospitalization.