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.

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 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.

An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.

A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.

During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.

An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.

An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.