Indirect exposure to electricity greater than 220 volts · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pittsburgh Roofing Solutions, Inc, 2626 Ligonier Street, LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA 15650
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Upper and lower extremities n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was installing metal coping around the perimeter of a flat roof. The metal coping material contacted a live 24-kV overhead power line. The employee was shocked and knocked off the roof to the ground. The employee sustained burns from the shock and amputation to part of his left leg and two fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedAmputation Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Power lines, transformers, convertors
An employee was guiding the pouring end of a concrete pump truck's boom while standing on top of 4-foot wall forms. The boom contacted power lines and the employee was shocked. The employee sustained third-degree burns on the entry and exit path of the electricity, and also sustained first- and second-degree burns to their torso and legs.
An employee was cleaning a laptop charging cable when lightning struck. The employee began experiencing heart palpitations and hearing loss, resulting in hospitalization.
An employee was acting as a spotter for a forklift operator. While its forks were being raised, the forklift came into contact with a power line. The employee was touching the forklift's metal frame at the time and was shocked on the left palm. The employee suffered burns to both the left palm and the sole of the left foot.
A Smyrna Ready Mix delivery driver was delivering concrete to a job site. He backed his truck up to a pump truck, then began preparing it to transfer the concrete. The pump truck's boom moved and came into contact with a power line, which broke and fell onto the employee's delivery truck. The employee was knocked to the ground and suffered electrical burns to both arms and both feet.
An employee was clearing a right-of-way for utility lines when a small sapling was cut and fell, causing vines to pull a tree down and into power lines. The vines also became electrified and were contacting the employee's feet, shocking them. The employee became ill and experienced slurred speech and convulsions, resulting in hospitalization.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 238160)
An employee was delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.
An employee was standing on a multi-purpose ladder installing head flashing over a window. Their feet were approximately 6 feet off the ground and three rungs from the top. The employee lost their grip on the drill they were using and the ladder tipped over. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground, resulting in a fractured left wrist, bruised chest, and lacerations to their face and lip.
An employee fell through a hole in the ceiling and suffered injuries to his side and right arm. When he fell, a piece of concrete fell with him and struck his arm. He was hospitalized.
An employee was laying glue on the corner of a three-story commercial flat roof to apply new thermoplastic polyolefin roofing material. He lost his balance and fell at least 35 feet to the concrete ground below. The employee sustained fractures.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.