Bites and stings, unspecified · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dish Network LLC, 1252 County Road 4699, BOYD, TEXAS 76023
on — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
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Final narrative
An employee was installing satellite service at a customer's residence. While he was picking up a dropped screw from the grass, a snake bit his left middle finger.
An employee was using a forklift to fill orders in a warehouse and attempting to retrieve a pallet between two stacks of other pallets. As he was driving between the two stacks, his foot was caught on a pallet on the left side of the forklift, pinning his leg between the pallet and the forklift. His left leg broke, requiring hospitalization.
On August 4, 2020, an employee was installing a satellite dish at a customer's home. He fell off his ladder to the ground 20 feet below, suffering three broken vertebrae and a head injury. He was hospitalized.
An employee was in a customer's attic performing installation work. At approximately 2:00 p.m., the employee began to feel ill and lightheaded. The employee was hospitalized for heat stress and low potassium.
An employee was walking through the chicken barn checking the chickens. They were bitten by a spider on the left shoulder and experienced a reaction to the spider bite.
An employee began experiencing hand and arm cramping while climbing a tower. About an hour later, the employee became ill. The employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness.
An employee was working on a satellite installation. They were reaching to grab a piece of cable when they were bitten on the left hand by a copperhead snake.
An employee was climbing up a fixed wooden access ladder to the ceiling of a residential house. One of the ladder rungs failed, causing the employee to fall to the ground. He sustained a spiral fracture to his left leg.
An employee was standing on a rooftop using rope to lower a bundled advertising copy to the ground to a second employee. The rope got tangled in the employee's harness/lanyard or foot, causing the employee to fall approximately 15 feet to the sidewalk below. The employee landed on their feet and fractured both heels. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was replacing an old drop cord on a power pole. The employee was descending a ladder when they fell approximately 10 to 12 feet, resulting in a fractured pelvis.
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.