Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PPL Electric Utilities, 31 Hope Ave., NEW RINGGOLD, PENNSYLVANIA 17960
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
On August 17, 2017, at approximately 10:45 AM, an employee was attempting to hang a 3-day notice on a customer's residence when she was attacked by a dog. The dog bit and amputated her right pinky fingertip.
An employee tripped while walking out of a building and fell forward into a door. The employee suffered facial injuries, a dislocated shoulder, and a broken foot.
Two employees were replacing a cover on a compact trench system. While they were dropping the cover in, one employee's left middle and ring fingers were pinched. Both fingers were broken, and the middle fingertip was amputated. The employee underwent surgery.
On January 29, 2020, at approximately 10:50 a.m., an employee was setting up equipment in preparation for cable pulling when his finger made inadvertent contact with the duct dog (cable pulling equipment), resulting in a left pinky fingertip amputation.
On December 19, 2019, an employee was working inside an electrical vault. As the employee tried to climb an extension ladder, the ladder failed and the employee fell about 15 feet, suffering a broken pelvis and two broken wrists.
An employee was opening a kennel door to take a dog on a walk when the dog bit his hand/finger. The employee suffered a partial finger amputation that required surgery.
On December 19, 2023, an employee entered a cat kennel to remove a litter box and food and water dishes. The employee was bitten by a cat on her left hand. She noticed swelling the next day, resulting in hospitalization.
An employee was helping a patient who was carrying a cat up the stairs. The cat bit the employee on their right forearm, resulting in an infection that required hospitalization.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 221122)
An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.
An employee (a lineman) was working to restore power by installing a hand line when he contacted a high-voltage device (7,200 volts), resulting in electrical burns to his upper body and hands.
A chain sling failed while a utility pole was being removed. A chain link struck an employee who was operating a front-end loader, puncturing the employee's chest.
An employee was working with an underground crew to troubleshoot a BUD failure. The employee was removing a fuse from the fuse holder when the fuse blew on the riser and an arc flash occurred. The employee was hospitalized with burns to his face, nose, lips, and neck.
An employee was connecting two wires when his rubber insulated gloves failed and he suffered an electric shock to his right hand, resulting in an electrical burn.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.