Fractures

Name: Fractures at AT&T
Start: 8/24/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023087824 · 8/24/2023 · AT&T

Severity

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

Cause

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

Employer

Name: AT&T
Location: 2405 U.S. Highway 31, CALERA, ALABAMA, 35040
NAICS: 517311
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A employee was on the ground using a chainsaw to cut a downed tree free of a self-supporting strand (communications line). After cutting the tree, the employee went to move it off the line. The tension was released, causing the self-supporting strand to snap back and fracture the employee's arm.

Source

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