DEMOPOLIS, ALABAMA—
Personal Touch By J R Rivas Inc
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Personal Touch By J R Rivas Inc, 1374 Jefferson Road, DEMOPOLIS, ALABAMA 36732 on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
A crew was felling a tree on a transmission power line. When the last cut was made, the tree came off the stump, crashing to the ground. Due to the terrain, it bounced and came straight back, striking an employee in the left leg. He suffered a compound fracture between the knee and the ankle.
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DEMOPOLIS, ALABAMA—
Personal Touch by J R Rivas, Inc.
On February 12, 2025, an employee was installing blocking in an attic space to repair a sagging sheetrock ceiling. The employee misstepped and fell through the sheetrock 10 feet and 5 inches to the ground below. The employee landed on his head and was hospitalized with a fractured skull and brain bleeding.
GILBERTOWN, ALABAMA—
Personal Touch By J R Rivas, Inc.
An employee and a co-worker were removing a dead pine tree. The employee was standing outside the fall zone of the tree while removing slack from the rope tied around the tree and assisting in pulling the tree down. As the co-worker was cutting the tree, it snapped sideways and struck a living sweet gum tree, which subsequently fell and struck the employee. The employee suffered a broken ankle and leg.
DEMOPOLIS, ALABAMA—
Personal Touch By J R Rivas Inc
An employee was retrieving a rake near a loader truck. The truck's outrigger came down on top of his right foot, causing broken toes and soft tissue damage.
HUEYTOWN, ALABAMA—
Personal Touch By J R Rivas Inc
An employee was removing an oak tree limb from a powerline. After cutting a considerate amount of brush off the limb, he freed the powerline. The tree limb became disconnected and fell to the ground, where it bounced and hit his left leg below the knee, breaking his tibia and requiring surgery.
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