Mesa Line Services, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jan 7, 2022: Two employees incur burns when in contact with energized pow

At 8:10 a.m. on January 7, 2022, Employee #1 and Employee #2 worked to remove guy wires from an existing wooden power pole. As Employee #1 removed the guy wire, it contacted an energized powerline. Employee #1 and Employee #2, who was assisting, received electrical shock and burns to their hands. The employees were taken to the hospital and admitted for treatment.

Incident on Mar 21, 2021 (fatal): One employee is killed and one is injured when crane basket

At 12:25 a.m. on March 21, 2021, Employees #1 and #2 and a coworker, employed by a power and communication line construction company, were engaged in the construction of a power line tower. Employees #1 and #2 were working from a personnel basket hoisted by their coworker, a crane operator. They were installing the arms of a monopole. As they adjusted the bracket, the personnel basket, which was not properly secured to the crane boom, fell off the boom. Employees #1 and #2 fell with the personnel basket, a fall height of 150 feet. Employee #1 sustained blunt force trauma to the head and neck and was killed. Employee #2 was transported by emergency services to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of multiple injuries including multiple fractures and fluid in the lungs. The subsequent investigation of the equipment failure determined that the large retaining pin had not been inserted to keep the basket and jib attachment secured to to the jib adaptor and crane boom. In addition, no one had conducted visual inspections of the equipment.

Incident on Feb 18, 2021: Overturned equipment strikes employee causing multiple injur

At 8:45 a.m. on February 18, 2021, Employee #1 was working for a power and communication line installation contractor. A crew was tasked with replacing a transformer at a residence. The EZ Hauler 5500 Transformer Dolly was being used to lift the transformer to the pole. The transformer dolly overturned because the outriggers were not deployed. Employee #1 was struck by the overturned EZ Hauler as his hand was caught between the outrigger and the pole. Employee #1 suffered broken teeth, a fractured breastplate, fractured arm and degloved left hand. Employee #1 was hospitalized.