Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at NATIONAL GRID
Start: 12/13/2022

1 hospitalization · 20221210829 · 12/13/2022 · NATIONAL GRID

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Wrist(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
Secondary source: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations

Employer

Name: NATIONAL GRID
Location: Dolphin drive and Adams Lane, HEWLETT, NEW YORK, 11557
NAICS: 221122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was going to inspect a gas line for damage after the gas line was struck during excavation. The employee was looking into the excavation site when he fell 3 feet into the trench and sustained a left wrist laceration that required surgery and hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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