OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221461437
COMCAST CORPORATION
SACRAMENTO, CA·
Event description
Employee falls from ladder and injures spine
Investigation abstract
At 9:00 a.m. on December 24, 2021, an employee worked from a ladder to install a new telecommunications line from a utility pole to a house. The employee had trouble moving the line around a tall tree and relocated the ladder to better accommodate the work. As the employee attempted to pull the line, while on the ladder, the ladder shifted, and the employee fell approximately sixteen feet. The employee was hospitalized to treat a spinal injury.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 7054
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