NAICS238210Event Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecifiedSource Extension ladders
An employee was standing on an extension ladder that was leaning against the wall while pulling wire through the ceiling. The ladder and the employee slipped and fell to the…
NAICS517110Event Fall on same level due to slip or tripSource Ground, travel, and support surfaces unspecified
An employee stepped on a traffic cone while walking to a truck. The employee slipped and fell, suffered a fractured and possibly dislocated ankle, and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
Fractures and soft tissue injuries Ankle(s)Hospitalized
NAICS518210Event Fall on same level due to slip or tripSource Constructed surface irregularity
An employee was walking on a concrete storm water drain canal when they tripped on the unlevel concrete surface and fell, breaking their left ankle. The employee was hospitalized for…
NAICS517312Event Caught or wedged between objects nonrunningSource Manhole and cistern covers
An employee was completing a fiber splice in a manhole. The lid of the manhole crushed the employee's left ring finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip at the…
Amputations involving bone loss Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)Amputation
NAICS515210Event Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feetSource Ceilings
An employee was installing a cable line in the attic of a residential home. He fell through the floor of the attic, landing on the floor of the room underneath…
Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neckHospitalized
NAICS517311Event Fall while sittingSource Chairs, single-person seating
An employee was sitting in a chair when their leg fell asleep. The employee began standing up and fell out of their chair to the ground, resulting in a broken…
NAICS517210Event Other fall to lower level unspecifiedSource Portable ladders and stairs unspecified
An employee was going up a ladder between two utility poles in a backyard. He then went to readjust the ladder, but fell before getting to the bottom of the…
NAICS517311EventStruck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.SourcePower lines, transformers, convertors
A employee was on the ground using a chainsaw to cut a downed tree free of a self-supporting strand (communications line). After cutting the tree, the employee went to…
NAICS237130EventRoadway collision-moving and standing vehicle in roadwaySourceBoom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
An employee was working from a bucket truck approximately 20 feet from the ground. While stationary and elevated, the work truck was struck by another vehicle and the employee was…
NAICS517311EventExposure to environmental heatSourceHeat-environmental
An outdoor technician completed a day of cable/fiber optic installation work at three or four customer locations. He went home, then developed cramps an hour and a half later…
Effects of heat and light, unspecifiedBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized
NAICS517311EventExposure to environmental heatSourceHeat-environmental
An employee had been doing various tasks outside throughout their shift. The employee experienced heat-related symptoms that worsened while they were preparing an underground cable installation. The employee was…
Effects of heat and light, unspecifiedBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized
NAICS237130EventOther jump to lower level 11 to 15 feet SourceMovable ladders, unspecified
An employee was climbing a ladder when the ladder began sliding, causing the employee to jump approximately 12 feet to the ground and resulting in fractures to the right ankle…
NAICS517110EventOther fall to lower level 6 to 10 feetSourceExtension ladders
An employee was climbing an extension ladder to retrieve a fiber splice when they fell approximately 10 feet. The employee sustained injuries to the right wrist, hips, and a foot.
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injuryMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Hospitalized
NAICS517311EventOther fall to lower level 6 to 10 feetSourceMovable ladders, unspecified
On June 22, 2023, an employee was replacing a drop wire which connected a customer s house to a mid-span attachment point on an aerial strand. The employee placed…
NAICS517110EventShooting by other person-intentionalSourceAssailant, suspect, unspecified
An employee arrived at a location to sell mobile phones to customers when they were shot in the lower right abdomen by an unknown person who was not an employee…
Gunshot woundsAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersHospitalized
NAICS517311EventOther fall to lower level less than 6 feetSourceDelivery truck or van
An employee was using an electric pallet jack to move hand holes out of a delivery truck. One of the straps securing the double stacked hand holes broke, causing the…
Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhagesBrainHospitalized