Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at JW Powerline, LLC
Start: 11/24/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191112180 · 11/24/2019 · JW Powerline, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Utility and telephone poles
Secondary source: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: JW Powerline, LLC
Location: 317 E. Hwy 302, KERMIT, TEXAS, 79745
NAICS: 237130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees had replaced old poles with new ones and then went back to the yard to take the old poles off the truck using tongs. The tongs shredded a pole and part of the pole bounced up striking an employee in the stomach. The employee was hospitalized with internal bleeding due to a lacerated liver.

Source

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