Tennessee Valley Authority

An employee was polishing the center of a try bar on a lathe when they sustained an avulsion of the right forearm that required surgery.

Two employees were lifting and installing the lance tube into place using a combination of chain falls and manual manipulation. While moving the lance tube into place, the employee on one end lost their grip on the tube and it fell to the grating. Since the lance tube was also suspended from a chain fall, the other end went up and caught the injured employee's right hand between the lance tube and an I-beam. The injured employee suffered lacerations across the top of their little, ring and middle fingers, and fractures to their little and ring fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was utilizing a truck mounted crane to remove a trailer hitch pin. As the employee was assisting with loading the haul trailer, the tongue of the trailer fell on the employee's foot. The employee's right foot was crushed.

An employee was moving a load to a work table. The load shifted and pinched the employee's left little finger against the table. The employee underwent a medical amputation to the finger.

An employee was inspecting components and contacts of a transformer load tap changer in a substation. When the equipment rotated, it caught the employee's left middle finger, causing an amputation at the nail bed.

An employee was making modifications to an electrical panel when an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered burns to multiple parts of the body.

An employee was installing a ground wire to a power transmission pole. The ground wire contacted an energized portion of a cut-out, causing an arc-flash. The employee was hospitalized with second degree burns to their chest and arms.

An employee was connecting a utility transformer for underground service to a home. The employee's impact drill went across two connection bars with 240 volts of potential, creating an arc flash. The employee sustained burns to the face and eyes due to the arc flash and molten aluminum.

On December 15, 2023, at 9:15 AM, an employee was changing 60-amp fuses in a 480-volt panel when an arc flash occurred. The employee was hospitalized with burns to both hands.

An employee had just turned off breakers and was loosening wires on panels when they were shocked by 480 volts of electricity.

An employee was using a chain fall to install a liner in a mill. As he was setting the liner in place, his right index finger got stuck in a chain on the rigging, resulting in a fingertip amputation that required hospitalization and a surgical reattachment.

An employee was descending a fixed 15-foot ladder. The employee slipped and fell, landing on a snubber machine 8 feet below and suffering a laceration to the left thigh and a fracture to the sternum.

An employee was walking to leave the worksite, slipped on mud, and fell to the ground. The employee suffered a C5 vertebra fracture that required surgery.

An employee was lowering himself on a scissor lift after inspecting a chain hoist. An auxiliary hoist being installed on the manipulator crane fell approximately 8 feet from its installed location and struck the employee in the upper back, fracturing two vertebrae.

An employee was assembling a pump with their left little finger positioned between the impeller and the discharge spacer. The element contacted the pump case's seating position and the shaft continued to move, pinching their fingertip between the two components. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation through part of the nail. The incident occurred during training.

An employee was working to remove a stuck strap from a tray line while on an A-frame ladder. They fell 6 to 8 feet to the concrete floor, resulting in a head contusion and fractured ribs that required hospitalization.

An employee sat on an unleveled bench outside the cafeteria and fell to the concrete. The employee was hospitalized with a head contusion with bleeding and injuries to the right side of her body, her right hip, and right hand, as well as a scrape to her elbow.

An employee was cutting brush and shrubs. A bee stung the employee on the base of their neck. The employee sustained an allergic reaction and was hospitalized.

A driver was exiting his truck and fell from the bottom step to the ground. He fell on the pavement on his left side, breaking his hip.

An employee was walking to his car when he tripped over a board that was secured to the floor of the dock area. His left knee struck the cement dock. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery to repair a broken knee.