Geneva, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Geneva Public Works Department
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Geneva Public Works Department in 1800 South Street, Geneva, IL 60134 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was electric Lineman in public property management services, government.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Geneva Public Works Department
- Parent company
- City of Geneva Public Works Department
- Street
- 1800 South Street
- City
- Geneva
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60134
- On-site location
- Offsite - working on electric pole
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 5
Before the incident
EE was working on a utility pole conducting routine maintenance.
What happened
As EE was cutting away arms from the utility pole a piece fell to the ground (normal) but had hit another piece of the pole on its descent. This caused the falling piece to ricochet back towards the employee and strike him in his calf resulting in a contusion.
Injury or illness
Contusion
Object or substance involved
Piece of utility pole that EE was working on.
Summary line
EE suffered contusion from a ricocheted material that had fallen off the utility pole he was working on. EE was cutting arms of the pole when a piece fell and ricocheted to hit him in the calf.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Electric Lineman
- SOC code
- 49-9051: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
- NAICS code
- 921190: Public property management services, government
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 65
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 90,714
- EIN
- 366005893
- Establishment ID
- 1122219
- Employer case #
- 25C08M707
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-02
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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