Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Name: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Universal Cable Holdings, Inc.
Start: 7/25/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024076755 · 7/25/2024 · Universal Cable Holdings, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level unspecified
Source: Slopes, embankments
Secondary source: Plants, trees, vegetation unspecified

Employer

Name: Universal Cable Holdings, Inc.
Location: 2100 US Route 60 W, MILTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25541
NAICS: 926130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was surveying the area for a utility pole at the top of an embankment behind a building. The employee tripped on a vine and fell down the embankment suffering multiple internal injuries including fractures to their orbital bone, nose, and wrist.

Source

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