Fractures

Name: Fractures at Texas New Mexico Power
Start: 6/15/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018065893 · 6/15/2018 · Texas New Mexico Power

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Limbs, branches-unattached

Employer

Name: Texas New Mexico Power
Location: N. Plantation Drive @ Valaderas, ANGLETON, TEXAS, 77515
NAICS: 221122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was positioned on the ground cutting a tree that had fallen on a power line (the line was de-energized) when a 4' tree limb fell on him. He fell to the ground with the tree limb, which pinned his left leg and broke his femur.

Source

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