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OSHA Injury Report: Benton PUD

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Benton PUD in Kennewick, WA 99336 resulted in days away from work. Employee was lineman Apprentice 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
11114 W 17th Place, Kennewick, WA
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1

Pulling off a dummy cap in the process of doing a switching on a transformer.

The transformer flashed over while he was looking at it and caused flash burns to both eyes.

Flash burn to eyes.

Light flash

Flash burn to both eyes

Job description
Lineman Apprentice
SOC code
49-9051 — Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
NAICS code
221122 — Distribution of electric power
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
157
Total hours worked
324480
Establishment ID
928830
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
11:10
Filing year
2024
Submitted
29JAN2025:00:31:00

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.