SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS—
Chain Electric Company, Inc.
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Amputations
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Chain Electric Company, Inc., 1234, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78201 on — Amputations, affecting the forearm(s).
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Final narrative
A five-member crew was replacing a wood utility pole. As the pole was being lifted by a utility truck, the injured employee was removing the cover that was over the hole. The pole fell from the rigging and struck a retaining wall, bounced, and then fell to the ground striking the injured employee. The employee's right arm was amputated above the elbow. The employee also sustained injury to their right leg.
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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS—
Chain Electric Company, Inc.
A five-member crew was replacing a wood utility pole. One of them was at the hole, removing the cover over it, while a utility truck was lifting the pole. The rigging rope that was lifting the pole broke; the pole fell, struck a retaining wall, bounced, and fell to the ground, striking the injured employee. The employee's right arm was amputated above the elbow.
FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS—
Chain Electric Company, Inc.
On August 15, 2022, at approximately 3:30 p.m. an employee was performing construction on powerlines when he reported that he was not feeling well and was having pain and tingling in his lower right arm. The employee was instructed to get in the cab of a bucket truck to cool down and drink fluids. After approximately fifteen minutes, the employee was lying beside the truck with pain and cramping to his arms and legs. The employee was hospitalized for heat stroke.
JACKSON, ALABAMA—
Chain Electric Company, Inc.
An employee was undoing a snag of wire splice hung up on a pole. The wire snagged the employee's left glove, pulling the employee's hand into the wire rollers; the employee's left thumb suffered several fractures.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS—
Chain Electric Company, Inc.
An employee was installing an overhead electrical power line. The tool the employee was using contacted the ground creating a direct short. The employee was hospitalized for electrical flash burns to the face.
ENTERPRISE, MISSISSIPPI—
Chain Electric Company, Inc.
A crew was changing out a single phase pole with a transformer on it. Work on the pole was completed and the cover-up was being removed when an employee noticed the animal guard that was installed on the arrestor was not in its proper place. As he attempted to correct it, he came in contact with energized parts while his elbow contacted a grounded surface. He received second degree electrical burns on his right arm.
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