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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2024043297 · 4/16/2024 · NYSEG

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Trunk and other lower extremities
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level unspecified
Source
Utility poles
Secondary source
Fall protection equipment

Employer

Name
NYSEG
Location
1195 Reynolds Road, JOHNSON CITY, NEW YORK, 13790
NAICS
221122
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was climbing a pole during a training exercise. He climbed above a secondary line, reconnected his fall protection device, put his weight on it, and it held. The employee fell when he tried to put his weight to the device again. The employee suffered a broken right heel and a vertebra fracture in his lower back.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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