OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221397888

COMCAST

SOUTHFIELD, MI· 2021-09-24T00:00:00

Event: Ankle, Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Building, Deck, Decking, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Installing, Ladder, Metal Ladder, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Slip, Slippery Surface, Sprain, Telecom Work, Unsecured, Water, Wet, Wood, Wood Board, Work Surface
NAICS: 515210
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345558662
Employer profile: COMCAST
Summary number: 221397888
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee fractures back in fall when ladder slips on wet dec

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on September 24, 2021, an employee working as an installer for a telecommunications company was standing on a combination ladder that was set to extension ladder mode. The employee was trying to trace the location of a cable in a residential building. The ladder feet were sitting on a wooden deck, and the top of the ladder was against the vinyl siding of the building. The ladder feet slipped on the wet deck causing the employee to fall approximately ten feet onto the ladder and the wooden deck below. The employee was hospitalized to treat a sprained right ankle and fractured lower back.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 60 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7054

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