Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Start: 6/29/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016065828 · 6/29/2016 · Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple head locations
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Electric parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Wire, cables-nonelectrical

Employer

Name: Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Location: 880 Hwy 21 East, SAN AUGUSTINE, TEXAS, 75972
NAICS: 221121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were loading regulators onto a truck for delivery when the lifting cable on their digger truck broke causing the regulator to fall. When the regulator fell, it hit a crate and rolled striking an employee's head. The employee suffered three lacerations to the head that required 35 staples and seven stiches. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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