Gulf Power Company

An employee and his coworker were installing a new meter set on a 4-gang meter base to provide electrical service to a multi-residential area. While his coworker went to the company truck to retrieve a new meter ring, he noticed a frog inside the meter base and was attempting to remove it with a pair of pliers when an electrical flash occurred. He sustained second degree burns on his right-hand fingers and was hospitalized.

An employee was conducting electrical line maintenance and was using the fixed steps of a bucket truck when he fell about 6 feet to the ground, suffering a compression fracture to his upper back. He was hospitalized.

An employee was assisting with pipe on a drilling rig. The slips came down and landed on the employee's left foot fracturing four metatarsals.

Two employees were struck by the rotary table of a drilling rig while installing caisson. Employee 1 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, and head trauma. Employee 2 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, spinal injury, and head trauma.

Employees were felling hazard trees. The injured employee was conducting 'bucking' operations to saw a tree from the road when the tree kicked-back, pinning him against the ground and fracturing his left femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was greasing tongs on a work-over rig. The tongs lacerated one of the employee's fingers.

An employee was chaining a vehicle when he had to change tools and the compressor. As the compressor was being charged, the employee stepped near the vehicle to make sure the compressor was attached. Then, he instructed a co-worker to lower the compressor. His right hand was on the compressor and under the chain, causing his ring finger to be crushed.

Employees were pulling three-phase power lines to a power pole. An employee's hand was caught between a pulley and a rope, resulting in amputation of the employee's index, middle, and ring fingertips.

An employee was cutting through two secondary wires with a battery-powered cutting tool. The wires were energized at 120/240 volts; when the employee cut through the insulation around a wire, an arc flash burned the employee's left thumb.

An employee had been preparing material for a lineman at a jobsite and was pulling up wire on a hand line. The employee began to feel ill, suffering from heat illness.

An employee's right hand was broken after being struck by an excavator that was being moved.

An employee was tamping at the base of a power pole when they were struck by an extendable hot arm that was dropped from an aerial bucket. The employee sustained two broken ribs on the right side, and a pneumothorax on the right side.

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.