Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221461437

COMCAST CORPORATION

Event
Climbing on Ladder, Fall, Ladder, Pulling, Spine, Tree, Utility Pole
NAICS
238210
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345758981
Employer profile
COMCAST CORPORATION
Summary number
221461437
Report ID
0950621

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

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 37 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    7054

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