TierPoint, LLC

An employee was fixing ceiling tiles while working from a ladder when they fell to the floor and sustained a hip fracture.

An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.

An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.

An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.

An employee was coming down a portable ladder when they slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a right forearm fracture.

Two employees were working by a switch gear. Upon opening the switchgear, employee 1 noticed some loose bolts. As employee 1 looked back, employee 2 reached into the switchgear and an arc flash occurred. They were both severely burned. Safety gear was worn at the time.

An employee was walking on a concrete storm water drain canal when they tripped on the unlevel concrete surface and fell, breaking their left ankle. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Employees were inspecting a broken telephone pole to remove it and attached the cable from the roadway. They removed the broken pole from the cable/strand so they could raise the cable/strand up and attach to a tree to gain clearance until it could be repaired. The injured employee cut the top (above the cable/strand) of the pole off and it fell to the ground in the roadway. They then moved that piece out of the roadway. This left a 6-foot piece still attached to the strand (below the strand) at about a 45-degree angle to the ground. When the remaining 6-foot piece was cut from the cable/strand, it broke and swung toward the injured employee, knocking him to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured skull and a fractured L5 vertebra.

An employee was manually moving a dolly (loaded with 7 sheets of drywall) out of a workspace when the dolly tipped over and landed on his right ankle. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.

An employee was on a 28-foot extension ladder troubleshooting equipment at a residential property. While on the ladder, the strand cable supporting the extension ladder failed, causing the ladder and the employee to fall the ground and into the roadway. The employee sustained facial injuries and a dislocated left elbow.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.