Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-01-26 | Grantsville | Wv | Diversified Production, LLC | Multiple body parts | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was driving an ATV on a gas well access road. As the employee drove down a hill, the ATV's rear end slipped on leaves. The ATV slid into a rut in the road and flipped over, throwing off the employee. The employee struck the ground and suffered a broken collarbone and three broken ribs. | |||||
2018-09-11 | Grantsville | West Virgini | Frontier Communications | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee placed a ladder against a telephone pole, climbed up, and tied off to the pole with a climbing belt/rig when the pole broke at ground level and fell, pulling the employee down with it. The employee suffered a broken nose. | |||||
2017-08-02 | Grantsville | West Virgini | Frontier Communications | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
On August 2, 2017, at approximately 3:30 p.m., an employee was stringing wire through a tree when the limb he was standing on broke. He fell 8 to 10 feet to the ground, suffering fractured ribs and a collapsed lung. He was hospitalized. |