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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025066220 · 6/27/2025 · Pittsburgh Roofing Solutions, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Upper and lower extremities n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Indirect exposure to electricity greater than 220 volts
Source
Power lines, transformers, convertors
Secondary source
Roofing shingles and sheets

Employer

Name
Pittsburgh Roofing Solutions, Inc
Location
2626 Ligonier Street, LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15650
NAICS
238160
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was installing metal coping around the perimeter of a flat roof. The metal coping material contacted a live 24-kV overhead power line. The employee was shocked and knocked off the roof to the ground. The employee sustained burns from the shock and amputation to part of his left leg and two fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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