Fractures

Name: Fractures at AEP Texas
Start: 11/9/2023

1 hospitalization · 20231110373 · 11/9/2023 · AEP Texas

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Extension ladders
Secondary source: Utility and telephone poles

Employer

Name: AEP Texas
Location: 300 Block South High St., UVALDE, TEXAS, 78801
NAICS: 221111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On 11/9/2023, an employee on an extension ladder was reconnecting power to a residential meter pole. The wooden pole shifted and caused the employee to fall from the ladder to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right tibia.

Source

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