TRENT, TEXAS—
Mesa Line Services LLC
Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Mesa Line Services LLC, Transmission Line Construction Project, 12942 Interstate 20, TRENT, TEXAS 79561 on — Fractures, affecting the multiple trunk locations.
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Final narrative
An employee was operating an all-terrain forklift on a construction road. The forklift drove off the gravel road and rolled over onto its side. The employee sustained fractured ribs, a fractured C6 vertebra, and a vertebral wedge fracture.
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An employee was driving an easement machine between two houses to reach the back yard. As the machine moved from concrete to grass, it tipped over to the left, catching the employee's left hand against a street light. The employee suffered lacerations to the hand. As well, the employee's face struck the controls, causing a partial loss of front teeth. The employee was hospitalized and underwent mouth surgery.
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Two employees were cutting a jumper wire with cutters when their tool made contact with a live line. They were severely electric shocked, suffering second- and third-degree burns.
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An employee was working on the lower leg of a standing tower, installing steel members and bolts, when he fell approximately 30 feet from the tower to the concrete ground. He fractured his sternum, pelvis, leg, and arm.
HOUSTON, TEXAS—
Mesa Line Services, LLC
An employee was electrically shocked when his right hand made contact with a power line that was inductively charged. There were three power lines, two outer lines with 138kv and a center line that was disconnected but not grounded. The employee grabbed the center power line when he stumbled while trying to exit the tower. He suffered exit wounds to the right shin and a right toe.
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