Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Georgia Power Company, 1289 Abutment Road, DALTON, GEORGIA 30721
on — Fractures , affecting the Leg(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
On June 25, 2024 an employee was walking down the stairs heading to lunch when she tripped and fell sustaining a broken right leg.
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An employee was participating in lineman training outdoors when he felt ill and had cramps in his hands. The employee was hospitalized due to heat stress.
On March 21, 2024, an employee was working on a pad-mounted transformer using a drill that came into contact with a live line causing an arc flash that burned the right side of his neck and an eye.
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An employee was walking through a parking garage. She tripped over a curb and fell forward onto her right knee, then her left knee, both hands, and her face. She suffered an injury to the left knee that required surgery, as well as scrapes on the chin and both palms and soreness in the left wrist.
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