MONTGOMERY, NEW YORK—
PlugPV, LLC
Exposure to electric arc · Surface, flesh wounds and burns, electrical injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at PlugPV, LLC, 115 Searsville Rd., MONTGOMERY, NEW YORK 12549 on — Surface, flesh wounds and burns, electrical injuries, affecting the Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was installing an electrical panel when a electrical arc occurred. The employee sustained a burn and a cut to their left hand.
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PlugPV, LLC
An employee had been climbing up a temporary ladder. He tripped on something on a low roof and struck his head on a piece of racking equipment installed on the roof. He was then descending a ladder and slipped off the ladder approximately halfway down. The employee sustained a laceration and abrasions to the top and back of his head, as well as brain trauma.
PORT LEYDEN, NEW YORK—
PlugPV, LLC
An employee was descending a multi-position ladder when he slipped and his finger became caught in the mechanism of the ladder as he fell. The employee sustained a degloving to a finger and an amputation to the second knuckle.
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