Struck by object or equipment rolling freely · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at LineTec Services, LLC, 650 FM 3551 North, BOERNE, TEXAS 78006
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple trunk locations.
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Final narrative
A crew was working on a single-phase re-conductor project. The digger truck, which was pulling the four-drum puller trailer, had been driven into position to start pulling ropes on a section of line. The puller was at a 90-degree angle to the digger truck to align the drums with the existing poles. The puller then needed to be repositioned. An employee used two safety chains to connect the puller to the winch line from the digger. He then winched up so he could disconnect the puller from the back of the digger truck. At this point the puller disconnected from the hitch and rolled forward on sloped ground, pinning the employee between the digger truck and the puller. He sustained injury to the pelvis and back.
HospitalizedMultiple trunk locationsMaterial and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was in a bucket truck putting wires together. A jumper came loose from its insulation and touched a piece of metal on the backside of the bucket. As the employee was going to install another jumper, it contacted his tie-off point and energized it. A hydraulic hose was damaged and hydraulic oil misted out and caught on fire. The employee sustained first- and second-degree burns on parts of his upper back and torso.
An employee was pulling a direct current phase line when a nearby tree was hit with the line. The tree then fell and the employee sustained a lower leg fracture.
An employee was inspecting a pad-mounted switchgear for later replacement when they came in contact with energized equipment and sustained electrical burns to their arm.
Two employees had replaced blown fuses on two transformers when an arc flash occurred. One employee suffered third degree burns to both arms and the face and was hospitalized.
On 12/07/2021 at 3:52 p.m., an employee was performing electrical line construction work when an electrical arc flash occurred, resulting in second degree burns to their face and neck.
An employee was connecting a dolly to a trailer. The equipment rolled away, causing the employee's left index finger to be crushed between the trailer and the dolly. The employee sustained amputation of the fingertip.
On October 17, 2023, at 9:55 p.m., an employee was working on a ramp while moving merchandise from a cargo loader to a dolly. The employee was putting the locks on the dolly and transferring a unit load device containing packages when she realized the lock was in the down position. As she attempted to fix the lock, the unit load device started moving toward the dolly, and the employee became wedged between the dolly and the device. The employee suffered an injury to her lower left leg.
Two employees were shaking out steel beams and standing them vertically. One beam was hit, causing the other beams to fall. A beam then rolled over an employee's left shin and fractured it. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 237130)
An employee was terminating cables in a junction box. A loose ground wire came into contact with the bushing, causing a flash that burned the right side of the employee's face and his right hand.
An employee was using a bucket truck hoist to raise secondary aerial wiring. The wire made contact with the primary wire, causing an arc flash. The employee suffered burns to both hands and was hospitalized.
An employee was terminating conductors to buss bars inside the secondary compartment of a single-phase transformer. An arc flash occurred, causing burns to the soft tissue of the employee's face.
An employee was securing the claw of a grapple truck to the truck bed. His left little finger was caught between the tie down strap and the rub rail of the truck, resulting in partial amputation of the finger.
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 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.