Direct exposure to electricity unspecified · Electrocution, electric shock
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ameren Illinois - Sparta Operating Center, 906 Phillip Avenue, SPARTA, ILLINOIS 62286
on — Electrocution, electric shock, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
An Ameren lineman was making secondary voltage connections in a pad-mounted residential feed transformer. The lineman contacted an energized lead bushing, sustained an electrical shock, and was hospitalized.
Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Power lines, transformers, convertors
An employee was working to start an aerator machine on the front lawn of the customer's property. They pulled the starter cord of the machine and sustained an electrical shock to their right arm/hand.
An employee was adjusting the height of an ultraviolet (UV) lamp. She was electrocuted by the UV machine. She sustained burns on her left hand and an entry wound on the right forearm. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was performing troubleshooting and maintenance on one of the generators that feed the RF line for glue-laminated timber (glulam) beam production. He was reattaching the outer panel of the generator. A circuit was completed and the employee was electrocuted by the generator and sustained burns. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was utilizing a utility task vehicle (UTV) to patrol a 138 kV transmission line in a right-of-way. The UTV drove into a washout hole that was approximately 6 feet deep and obstructed by vegetation. The employee sustained a dislocated shoulder, a fractured left humerus, back pain, and a strained ankle. He was hospitalized.
A crew of employees were working to replace a utility pole that was broken by a motor vehicle accident. As the crew was removing equipment from the broken pole, part of the pole broke, fell on the injured employee, and rolled over him. The employee sustained two broken shoulders, multiple broken ribs, and a damaged lung that required hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was working from a bucket truck to restore a power line. The boom was lowered and struck a tree, causing the employee to be ejected from the bucket. The employee fell approximately 25 feet to the ground below, resulting in fractures to both femurs and one fractured bone in their back.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.