Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at THE ALTAMAHA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION
Start: 5/20/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018054915 · 5/20/2018 · THE ALTAMAHA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
Source: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
Secondary source: Power lines, transformers, convertors

Employer

Name: THE ALTAMAHA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION
Location: Catherine T. Sanders Road, REIDSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30453
NAICS: 221121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in a bucket operating a chain saw to cut a tree limb that was laying on top of an electrical distribution line (7,200 volts, single phase tap). The tree slid off the line and the wire caught the employee, flipping him out of the bucket (approximately 20 feet) and onto the ground. He suffered a collapsed lung, broken ribs (left side), broken shoulder (clavicle), and fractured vertebrae.

Source

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