Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PPL Electric Utilities, 398 Center Street, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA 18501
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
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Final narrative
On December 19, 2019, an employee was working inside an electrical vault. As the employee tried to climb an extension ladder, the ladder failed and the employee fell about 15 feet, suffering a broken pelvis and two broken wrists.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Extension ladders
An employee tripped while walking out of a building and fell forward into a door. The employee suffered facial injuries, a dislocated shoulder, and a broken foot.
Two employees were replacing a cover on a compact trench system. While they were dropping the cover in, one employee's left middle and ring fingers were pinched. Both fingers were broken, and the middle fingertip was amputated. The employee underwent surgery.
On January 29, 2020, at approximately 10:50 a.m., an employee was setting up equipment in preparation for cable pulling when his finger made inadvertent contact with the duct dog (cable pulling equipment), resulting in a left pinky fingertip amputation.
On August 17, 2017, at approximately 10:45 AM, an employee was attempting to hang a 3-day notice on a customer's residence when she was attacked by a dog. The dog bit and amputated her right pinky fingertip.
An employee was removing a safety railing from a stairwell. The 2x10 plank they were standing on gave way and the employee fell approximately 12 feet to a lower level, resulting in fractures.
An employee was climbing a ladder to get to the top of a container. The ladder collapsed and the employee fell 13 feet to the concrete floor, sustaining a fractured pelvis and tailbone.
Two employees were cleaning the ducts on top of a pipe. The pipe gave way and the employees and the pipe fell 15 feet. The pipe landed on one employee's leg, resulting in a fracture in three places and hospitalization. The other employee was not injured.
An employee was walking on the roof deck performing roofing work when the deck collapsed. The employee fell approximately 13 feet to the ground below, resulting in fractures and bruising to the hips, head, and chest.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 221122)
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A chain sling failed while a utility pole was being removed. A chain link struck an employee who was operating a front-end loader, puncturing the employee's chest.
An employee was working with an underground crew to troubleshoot a BUD failure. The employee was removing a fuse from the fuse holder when the fuse blew on the riser and an arc flash occurred. The employee was hospitalized with burns to his face, nose, lips, and neck.
An employee was connecting two wires when his rubber insulated gloves failed and he suffered an electric shock to his right hand, resulting in an electrical burn.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.