Kennewick, WA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Benton PUD
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Benton PUD in 2721 W. 10th Avenue, Kennewick, WA 99336 resulted in days away from work. Employee was lineman Apprentice in distribution of electric power.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Benton PUD
- Parent company
- Benton PUD
- Street
- 2721 W. 10th Avenue
- City
- Kennewick
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 99336
- On-site location
- 11114 W 17th Place, Kennewick, WA
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
Pulling off a dummy cap in the process of doing a switching on a transformer.
What happened
The transformer flashed over while he was looking at it and caused flash burns to both eyes.
Injury or illness
Flash burn to eyes.
Object or substance involved
Light flash
Summary line
Flash burn to both eyes
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Lineman Apprentice
- SOC code
- 49-9051: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
- NAICS code
- 221122: Distribution of electric power
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 157
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 324,480
- Establishment ID
- 928830
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 11:10
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-29
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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