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OSHA Injury Report: Benton PUD

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Benton PUD in Kennewick, WA 99336 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was journeyman Lineman in distribution of electric power.

Establishment
Benton PUD
Parent company
Benton PUD
Street
2721 W. 10th Avenue
City
Kennewick
State
WA
ZIP
99336
On-site location
Agre NW Farms
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
14

The worker was using a knife to strip insulation off a wire pulled out of [REDACTED].

Due to snow and moisture on the wire the knife slipped while in use and the worker cut his thumb.

Cut left thumb.

Knife

Cut left thumb

Job description
Journeyman Lineman
SOC code
49-9051 — Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
NAICS code
221122 — Distribution of electric power
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
156
Total hours worked
332809
Establishment ID
928830
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
11:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
19JAN26:17:10:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.