Fractures

Name: Fractures at Commonwealth Edison Company
Start: 10/22/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015107898 · 10/22/2015 · Commonwealth Edison Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
Source: Ground, unspecified
Secondary source: Electric parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Commonwealth Edison Company
Location: 24151 S. Northern IL Drive, CHANNAHON, ILLINOIS, 60410
NAICS: 221122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was standing on the ground while new cable was being pulled onto a power pole. A wire grip device failed and loose cable on the ground came under tension knocking the employee to the ground causing neck and wrist fractures.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown