Fractures

Name: Fractures at Tri County Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Start: 2/28/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017021897 · 2/28/2017 · Tri County Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Toes(s), toenail(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Utility and telephone poles
Secondary source: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified

Employer

Name: Tri County Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Location: 576-600 NW Parkway, AZLE, TEXAS, 76020
NAICS: 2371
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was guiding two wooden utility poles supported by a winch when one pole struck a pole lying flat. This caused one of the two supported poles to shift, slip from the restraints, and fall striking the employee's right foot and fracturing a toe.

Source

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