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Edwards Electric Service, LLC

Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified — Fractures — PENNINGTON, ALABAMA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Edwards Electric Service, LLC in PENNINGTON, ALABAMA
Employer Edwards Electric Service, LLC Report ID 20201211301
Address GP Woodyard Project - Georgia Pacific, 7530 Hwy 114 City, State ZIP PENNINGTON, ALABAMA 36916
Event Date December 1, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Electric parts, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 238210 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 32.20000, -88.04000

Incident Narrative

A crew of employees had completed pulling a 1,000 foot run of 4/0 insulated ground cable into a cable tray. The employees at the bottom of the tray were tailing the cable in and began to tie into another cable tray. The injured employee was securing the cable that had just been installed and was located about halfway down the conveyor of the 1,000 foot run. The cable that had been pulled into the tray, began to fall out of the tray and struck his left hand, smashing it against the cable tray, resulting in a broken thumb and a laceration between the left thumb and forefinger.

Incident Summary

On December 1, 2020, a worker at Edwards Electric Service, LLC in PENNINGTON, ALABAMA suffered fractures to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified, with electric parts, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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