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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 20191011057 · 10/23/2019 · Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Face, unspecified
Nature of injury
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event
Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Source
Power lines, transformers, convertors
Secondary source
Trees

Employer

Name
Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation
Location
920 Highway 62 Spur, GENTRY, ARKANSAS, 72734
NAICS
221122
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cutting and removing a fallen tree and was pinning down the power line and communication cables. As the tree was being cut and removed, the communication cable sprang up and struck the employee in the face. The employee was hospitalized with facial injuries.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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