LineTec Services, LLC

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.

An employee was trying to free a utility pole section for disposal. The pole came loose, struck the employee, and knocked him off the trailer he was working from. He fell and struck his head on the ground, suffering head trauma, lacerations, and possible fractures.

An employee was making modifications to an electrical panel when an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered burns to multiple parts of the body.

An employee was installing a ground wire to a power transmission pole. The ground wire contacted an energized portion of a cut-out, causing an arc-flash. The employee was hospitalized with second degree burns to their chest and arms.

An employee was connecting a utility transformer for underground service to a home. The employee's impact drill went across two connection bars with 240 volts of potential, creating an arc flash. The employee sustained burns to the face and eyes due to the arc flash and molten aluminum.

On December 15, 2023, at 9:15 AM, an employee was changing 60-amp fuses in a 480-volt panel when an arc flash occurred. The employee was hospitalized with burns to both hands.

An employee had just turned off breakers and was loosening wires on panels when they were shocked by 480 volts of electricity.

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 working to move a telephone pole when the pole rolled, causing injury to their hip.

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.

A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.

A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.

A security employee was holstering her firearm when the gun discharged a bullet into her right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.

An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.