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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2025021523 · 2/16/2025 · Central Alabama Electric Cooperative

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by other propelled object or substance n.e.c.
Source
Trees
Secondary source
Power lines, transformers, convertors

Employer

Name
Central Alabama Electric Cooperative
Location
3055 County Road 5, JEMISON, ALABAMA, 35085
NAICS
221122
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cutting a tree on a downed power line. A section of the tree that was suspended by the power line projected upward after being cut, striking the employee in the back. The employee sustained fractures to a left rib and their T3, T9, and T10 vertebrae.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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