Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at National Grid, County Route 9, GOUVERNEUR, NEW YORK 13642
on — Fractures, affecting the lumbar region.
Final narrative
On 5/10/16, at approximately 0900 hours, an employee was climbing a ladder that was set up on a meter pole when the pole began to crack. The employee began descending the ladder and the pole broke. The employee fell approximately 15 feet from the ladder to a stone/grassy surface, shattering the L2 vertebra and requiring hospitalization.
An employee was going to inspect a gas line for damage after the gas line was struck during excavation. The employee was looking into the excavation site when he fell 3 feet into the trench and sustained a left wrist laceration that required surgery and hospitalization.
An employee was descending a step ladder when he contacted a pry bar that was in the ground next to the ladder. The employee sustained a laceration to the leg and buttocks.
An employee was helping to reposition a newly set pole that was being held by a digger derrick. While the winch line and choker chain were under tension, the employee started to rotate the pole. A link of the chain pinched the employee's left ring finger against the pole. The finger was fractured and the fingertip amputated, but was able to be reattached.
An employee was working on a part in the test facility when they made contact with an energized part; 7620 volts of electricity entered their body in the stomach area and exited through their hand, resulting in electrical burns. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was assisting two co-workers in unloading a pallet jack from a pickup truck bed. The pallet jack began to fall and the employee reached to stop it when his hand went into the pallet jack and his fingertip was amputated by the force of the pallet jack falling down onto his finger.
The employee was on top of a rail car to level the grain that was deposited into the car when they fell 13-15 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a right leg fracture.
An employee was on an extension ladder installing a satellite dish on a roof when they fell approximately 12-15 feet to the ground. The employee sustained fractures.
An employee was setting a 5-foot pry bar into a precast concrete slab and stood on the end of the pry bar to move the slab into place. The pry bar slipped out causing the employee to fall backward 15.5 feet to the dirt ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken leg.
An employee was on a step ladder to measure and mark a crane rail for modification. The employee fell approximately 12 to 15 feet to the ground, resulting in a fractured right hip.
An employee was on a trailer securing a load of logs when they fell approximately 9-12 feet to the ground. The employee sustained brain hemorrhaging and lacerations to the thigh and above the eye. The employee was hospitalized.
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