American Electric Power

An employee was walking back to a powerline to inspect the location of an upcoming job when they slipped on ice and fell to the ground, resulting in fractured ribs that required hospitalization.

An employee was trying to unfasten a power utility pole secured to a ride-on digger derrick. In order to loosen the ratchet strap that secured the easement machine, he placed his right hand on the ratchet mechanism and his left hand on the metal pole rack. While he was pushing away from his body with his right hand to loosen the strap, the pole came free from the strap, shifted, and caught the employee's left hand against the pole rack. The employee's index finger was amputated from the nailbed to the tip.

An employee was smoothing a metal plate using a bench grinder when the end of their thumb was caught between the material and the grinding wheel. The employee sustained a partial amputation (approximately 25 percent) of their left thumb.

While performing cleanup operations at a job site, an employee became ill due to direct sun exposure, requiring hospitalization for heat stress.

On June 21, 2017, at approximately 2:45 p.m., an employee was removing a 4-inch water valve from a line when the employee's right pinky finger was pinched between the valve and pipe, amputating it just above the first knuckle.

An employee was stepping from a bus onto the curb when they sustained a right strained hamstring.

An employee was walking on steps when they slipped and twisted their ankle, resulting in a fracture.

An employee was stepping from a parking block down into a parking spot when he twisted his right ankle, resulting in a fracture.

An employee was stepping down from a work platform to the ground when they rolled their left ankle and fractured it.

An employee was operating a forklift in the warehouse. As they were dismounting, the employee felt pain in their leg from stepping down and sustained a left leg fracture.

An employee was walking when he tripped on a small mound of dirt, fell, and sustained a fractured leg.

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.

An employee was operating a dump truck when the trailer door swung and pinched the employee's right middle fingertip underneath the nailbed, resulting in an amputation.

An employee worked all day outside and started cramping. The employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness.

An employee was attaching a turnbuckle to an auger. The turnbuckle slipped and the employee's left thumb was pinched between the turnbuckle and the auger resulting in a partial amputation of left thumb.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.