OSHA Injury Report: Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Public Works Roads Electrical Maintenance

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Working on knockdown of an intersection

What happened

[REDACTED] was working at intersection [REDACTED] for a knockdown. He went up in the bucket to cut the wires and as he was putting his (pork chop) tool on the messenger wire a Semi truck tried to make a left turn on [REDACTED] from [REDACTED] The bucket started moving back and forth. After the truck made the turn he placed his Jib Line on the Pork chop. After he cut the messenger wire the jib swung back to the left and him him in the mouth causing his front tooth to be chipped. He fell into the bucket after impact. He inspected the wires tools and realized the pin he put in place was gone which caused the jib to swing back.

Injury or illness

Broken tooth

Object or substance involved

Jib (tool used to assist with cutting electrical lines)

Summary line

Dental Injury mouth-teeth-tongue jib (electrical tool)

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.