OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221403835

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS

AUSTIN, TX· 2021-09-01T00:00:00

Event: Attic, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Ceiling, Climbing, Climbing on Ladder, Drywall, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Installing, Knee, Lack of Engineering Controls, Plywood, Unsecured, Wood Board, Work Surface
NAICS: 517311
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345592653
Employer profile: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS
Summary number: 221403835
Report ID: 0625400
Project type: B
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee breaks kneecap in fall through attic ceiling

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on September 1, 2021, an employee working for a telecommunications carrier was climbing into an attic from a ladder, The employee stepped on plywood that was not secured to the framing and fell through the ceiling drywall to the lower level. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken right knee cap.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M

Event type
5

Fall distance
9

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