Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BBC Electrical Services Inc., Grande Bay Resort, ST JOHN, VIRGIN ISLANDS 00831
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
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Final narrative
An employee was standing on the back of a pickup truck when an unknown person jumped in the vehicle and drove off. The employee was ejected from the pickup truck and sustained severe head injuries after hitting the concrete road.
HospitalizedBrainPerson, other than injured or ill worker, unspecified
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An employee was moving power lines at a transmission substation that tested as deenergized. When he picked up the ground line, he was shocked. When energized, the electrical line carries 3,400 volts.
Two employees were in the bucket of a bucket truck energizing a 13,800-to-2,400-volt stepdown transformer by closing three 100k fused cutouts at the riser pole. A voltage meter used to take readings on the ground was overloaded and failed, causing an arc flash. One of the employees in the bucket suffered first- and second-degree burns to both wrists, the face, the neck, and the ears and was hospitalized.
The injured employee tried to catch a co-worker who was having a seizure. Both employees fell to the floor and the injured employee sustained a broken hip.
An employee was cleaning the park and sweeping outside of the front gate. A guest bumped into the employee, causing her to fall and sustain a hip and wrist fracture.
An employee was near a co-worker who was standing on stacked milk crates stocking products. The co-worker began to fall and as the injured employee went to help, her co-worker fell on top of her. The injured employee was hospitalized with a hip fracture.
An employee was terminating cables in a junction box. A loose ground wire came into contact with the bushing, causing a flash that burned the right side of the employee's face and his right hand.
An employee was using a bucket truck hoist to raise secondary aerial wiring. The wire made contact with the primary wire, causing an arc flash. The employee suffered burns to both hands and was hospitalized.
An employee was terminating conductors to buss bars inside the secondary compartment of a single-phase transformer. An arc flash occurred, causing burns to the soft tissue of the employee's face.
An employee was securing the claw of a grapple truck to the truck bed. His left little finger was caught between the tie down strap and the rub rail of the truck, resulting in partial amputation of the finger.
An employee was setting up for a door installation on a three-story building. The employee was moving an aluminum track frame from one condo to the condo next door by using the balcony when they misstepped and fell between balconies. The employee landed on the dirt below and suffered facial fractures.
An employee was replacing a fuel pump on a pickup truck using a transmission jack to lower the fuel tank from the vehicle. When he removed and lowered the tank, the tank caught fire, resulting in burns to his hands, arms, and legs.
An employee was removing concrete forms from a current pour when a form fell from the wall. An intact pin hooked the employee's safety vest and pulled them from the scaffold to the ground, resulting in a bruised chest (lungs).
An employee was driving a cement mixer. It flipped while turning a corner, and the cabin was flattened. The employee was pinned in the cabin and suffered a broken right hand, three broken ribs, and head lacerations.
An employee had attached a crane sling to an 8-inch pipe, and the crane was holding the pipe with minimal tension while bolts were removed from its lower flange. The pipe came loose and knocked the employee off the trailer to the ground 6 feet below. The back of the employee's head struck the trailer after the fall, causing a head injury.