Evergy

Employees were setting a pole along a county road to replace a storm-damaged pole. They were positioning the new pole in the hole and were canting the new pole using the pole chain. The pole shifted and dropped in the hole, causing the chain to roll over an employee's right index finger. The chain caught their finger against the pole and resulted in a fingertip amputation without bone loss.

An employee was utilizing an aerial bucket to repair the service drop at a residential home. The truck that the arial bucket is attached to was parked on a slope and began to move. The employee was ejected from the bucket and landed on the ground, sustaining two back fractures.

An employee was using a drill with a ground rod attached to wind up a line to pull a flat mule line from transformer to transformer. His left little finger became wrapped in the line and was partially amputated.

An employee was working on a pad-mounted transformer when he suffered a 7,200-volt shock. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying out a meter test on the side of a pad-mounted transformer. An arc flash burned the employee's face and hands. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was checking the function of newly installed actuators when they were struck by a pressurized release pipe. The employee suffered fractures to the orbital socket and shoulder, requiring hospitalization.

A ramp in the trunk of a delivery van struck an employee's calf. She suffered a broken leg and was hospitalized.

An employee was completing a service call and looking at a water pump when the pump cover plate struck their forehead. The employee sustained a forehead laceration and fracture requiring hospitalization.

An employee was removing chains from a steel tube. A sorting hook attachment was caught on the staging area cross member. When he raised the chains, the sorting hook snapped back and struck the employee's face causing a fractured jaw.

An employee was in the sawmill basement using a push broom and shovel to clean wood chips and sawdust. The employee's right arm was struck by a wooden board between the wrist and elbow, resulting in a fracture.

An employee was performing troubleshooting and maintenance on one of the generators that feed the RF line for glue-laminated timber (glulam) beam production. He was reattaching the outer panel of the generator. A circuit was completed and the employee was electrocuted by the generator and sustained burns. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was utilizing a utility task vehicle (UTV) to patrol a 138 kV transmission line in a right-of-way. The UTV drove into a washout hole that was approximately 6 feet deep and obstructed by vegetation. The employee sustained a dislocated shoulder, a fractured left humerus, back pain, and a strained ankle. He was hospitalized.

A crew of employees were working to replace a utility pole that was broken by a motor vehicle accident. As the crew was removing equipment from the broken pole, part of the pole broke, fell on the injured employee, and rolled over him. The employee sustained two broken shoulders, multiple broken ribs, and a damaged lung that required hospitalization and surgery.

An Ameren lineman was making secondary voltage connections in a pad-mounted residential feed transformer. The lineman contacted an energized lead bushing, sustained an electrical shock, and was hospitalized.

An employee was checking voltage on a meter. There was an arc flash, and the employee suffered burns to both hands.

An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.

An employee was moving a rack onto a lower conveyor in the south heat treat area when their finger got caught between the part tray and the rollers, resulting in a fingertip fracture and amputation.

An employee was climbing a ladder to get on top of the breakroom. The ladder slipped, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his upper back, left foot, and ankle.

Two employees were removing a circuit breaker. The injured employee was using wrenches in the removal process. One of the wrenches contacted an adjacent door, resulting in an arc flash. The employee suffered burns to their neck, face, and ear, as well as momentary vision loss due to the flash.

An employee bent over to pick up a rubber mat from the ground. When he grabbed the corner of the mat, a rattlesnake hidden under it bit his left middle finger near the first knuckle. He was hospitalized.