Incident on Jun 24, 2017: Employee receives electric shock while replacing actuator
At approximately 6:30 a.m. on June 24, 2017, an employee was preparing to perform the job. The employee was shocked by electrical current, upon attempting to replace an actuator. The employee was hospitalized and treated for his injuries.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the Dover site logged 108 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 3,664 workers: 3.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 620 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Kent General Hospital
Dover · 2024
3,664
108
26
3.9
4.7
Included with any plan: 8 more yearly logs from these sites, back to 2016, with each site's average rate over its latest three years. Already a subscriber? Sign in.
An employee tripped over a dock plate on a warehouse dock and fell. Her left shoulder struck the concrete dock floor, and she suffered multiple fractures to the shoulder as well as a head laceration. She was hospitalized.
Jun 24, 2017, Dover: Hospitalization · electrocutions, electric shocks · body systems
An employee was electrocuted while working on an actuator, requiring hospitalization.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a)
(A) Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(2)
(2) Machine or equipment shutdown. The machine or equipment shall be turned off or shut down using the procedures established for the machine or equipment. An orderly shutdown must be utilized to avoid any additional or increased hazard(s) to employees as a result of the equipment stoppage.
Other general medical and surgical hospitals employers in Delaware
Alert subscribers get notified of each newly cited employer in Delaware the morning it is posted. See the alert plans.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
