| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-16 | Palatka | Fl | M.G. Dyess, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On November 16, 2021, a truck driver was removing straps from a load of utility poles on a flatbed trailer. When he removed the last strap, the top pole on the load rolled off and struck the left side of his body, crushing his left wrist and the lower part of his left leg. He was hospitalized, and the leg was medically amputated below the knee. He also suffered a brain injury and two fingers were medically amputated. | |||||
| 2021-09-08 | Denison | Tx | Southeast Power Corporation Western | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
| An employee was unloading wooden utility poles. A pole was put on ground by a front-end loader. The pole then rolled downhill onto the employee's leg fracturing the tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2021-07-09 | Corinth | Ms | Alcorn County Electric Power Association | Head and trunk | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was setting utility poles. A pole slipped and struck the employee's hard hat causing head and chest trauma. | |||||
| 2021-06-29 | Natchez | Ms | ATMOS ENERGY Group LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle on side of road |
| An employee who had been checking meters was standing by a company pickup truck parked near an intersection along the left shoulder of a road. A utility truck and trailer loaded with utility poles traveling past the parked work truck caught the front left of the parked pickup truck and moved it approximately 25 feet, pinning the employee between the two vehicles. The employee suffered one broken rib and a bruised lung. | |||||
| 2021-06-26 | Pocahontas | Ar | Osmose Utility Services Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee who had previously been inspecting utility poles experienced heat-related illness and was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
| 2021-06-10 | Cushing | Ok | Osmose Utilities Services, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee and his crew were at a remote worksite excavating holes to inspect and treat utility poles when the employee began to feel ill due to the heat. | |||||
| 2020-02-24 | Moultrie | Georgia | Trawick Construction Company, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was standing on top of stacked wooden utility poles that were positioned on a flatbed trailer while connecting lifting chains to one of the poles to be unloaded. While connecting the lifting chains, the employee lost his balance and fell approximately 10 feet to the earthen ground, sustaining a fractured right tibia. | |||||
| 2019-06-06 | Akron | Ohio | JW Didado Electric | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was pulling utility poles with metal chains. The chain got stuck and as the employee was freeing the snag with his hand, the chain snapped back and struck the employee's left thumb causing a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2019-06-04 | Anna | Texas | Promoris T&D Services LLC | Thigh(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was standing at a pile of 50-foot wooden utility poles, measuring a pole, when a pole shifted, pinning his right leg and breaking the femur. | |||||
| 2017-03-14 | Isola | Mississippi | Entergy | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Employees were setting up utility poles using a boom truck. They were using choker chains to hold the pole and set it. The chain rolled and the pole caught the injured employee's left ring finger resulting in amputation of the finger. | |||||
| 2017-02-28 | Azle | Texas | Tri County Electric Cooperative, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was guiding two wooden utility poles supported by a winch when one pole struck a pole lying flat. This caused one of the two supported poles to shift, slip from the restraints, and fall striking the employee's right foot and fracturing a toe. | |||||
| 2016-09-22 | Sanford | Florida | Lanco Trucking, Inc. | Pelvis | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was unloading utility poles from a trailer using a self-unloading boom. As the employee swung the pole to the left, the pole slipped out of the grapple and struck the employee's right hip area, fracturing it. | |||||