REIDSVILLE, GEORGIA·
THE ALTAMAHA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION
Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at THE ALTAMAHA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION, Catherine T. Sanders Road, REIDSVILLE, GEORGIA 30453 on , Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was in a bucket operating a chain saw to cut a tree limb that was laying on top of an electrical distribution line (7,200 volts, single phase tap). The tree slid off the line and the wire caught the employee, flipping him out of the bucket (approximately 20 feet) and onto the ground. He suffered a collapsed lung, broken ribs (left side), broken shoulder (clavicle), and fractured vertebrae.
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