OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221409634

ARE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, LLC

FLORENCE, AL· 2021-10-26T00:00:00

Event: Ankle, Broken Bone, Cable, Climbing on Ladder, Communication Cable, Communication Worker, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Ladder, Wrist
NAICS: 517312
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345628291
Employer profile: ARE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Summary number: 221409634
Report ID: 0418300

Event description

Employee Falls From Ladder And Incurs Multiple Fractures

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on October 26, 2021, an employee was installing telecommunications cable outside of a private home. The employee was working from a 28-foot extension ladder that was fully extended and hooked over the main cable line. While the employee was on the ladder, he cut the wrong line which had tension on the main cable line causing the employee to fall when the ladder shifted. The employee sustained fractures to both ankles and a broken wrist, and was hospitalized for surgery and treatment.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7055

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