Struck by object or equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at North Houston Pole Line, L.P., Transmission Right of Way, THOMPSONS, TEXAS 77481
on — Fractures, affecting the jaw, chin.
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Final narrative
An employee was disassembling a temporary transmission structure. A conductor butterfly shoe broke as the employee removed it, which caused a polymer stand-off insulator to release and strike the employee in the face. The employee sustained a fractured jaw.
HospitalizedJaw, chinElectric parts, n.e.c.
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