Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Utilities Structures, Inc.
Start: 2/12/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025021414 · 2/12/2025 · Utilities Structures, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thigh(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Struck by propelled object or substance unspecified
Source: Wire, cables nonelectrified
Secondary source: Jacks

Employer

Name: Utilities Structures, Inc.
Location: 2880 Ford Street, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 33916
NAICS: 238120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pre-stressing (stretching) cable for precast concrete light poles. The jack used to stress the cable slipped and one cable recoiled and struck a second cable. The employee went to retrieve the jack and the second cable recoiled and struck his leg. He sustained a severe laceration to the left thigh.

Source

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