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OSHA Injury Report: Engineering and Operations Center

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Engineering and Operations Center in 14950 Cooperative Place, Hughesville, MD 20637 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was cHIEF LINEMAN in electric power distribution systems.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Engineering and Operations Center
Parent company
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative
Street
14950 Cooperative Place
City
Hughesville
State
MD
ZIP
20637
On-site location
Engineering & Operations Building

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Tightening A Jam Nut On A Secondary Bracket (Z-[REDACTED])

What happened

2-6-2023 - While tightening the jam nuts on the secondary bushings of a pad mount transformer that was to be installed the wrench [REDACTED] was using to tighten the jam nut slipped and caused his hand to collide with the hardware on an opposite secondary bushing. The force was great enough upon impact that it caused a minor laceration to [REDACTED] 's thumb which requires medical treatment. [REDACTED] was evaluated at Medstar Health in [REDACTED] where he received three stitches for his injury.

Injury or illness

Laceration

Object or substance involved

Stud nut that holds the secondary bushing in place in a pad-mount transformer.

Summary line

Laceration to Right Fingers caused by Stud nut that holds the secondary bushing in place in a pad-mount transformer.

Employee and industry

Job description
CHIEF LINEMAN
SOC code
49-9051 — Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
NAICS code
221122 — Electric power distribution systems
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
277
Total hours worked
632726
EIN
520492367
Establishment ID
804138
Employer case #
IN-2023020

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
9:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
23FEB24:20:40:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.