NAICS515210Event Exposure to environmental heat outdoorSource Heat environmental
An employee had been installing an outside cable line at a residence. The employee became nauseous from working in the heat. The employee was hospitalized with heat exhaustion and dehydration.
Heat exhaustion, fatigue BODY SYSTEMS Hospitalized
NAICS515210Event Fall on same level due to slip or tripSource Slopes, embankments
An employee tripped at an elevation change while approaching a home. He fell to the ground and hit his head on a rock, suffering a contusion to the left eyebrow…
NAICS517911Event Walking, without other incidentSource Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
An employee was about to install a cable at a residential site. While setting up a ladder, he stepped back on an uneven street surface and hyperextended his knee. He…
NAICS517919Event Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecifiedSource Multipurpose ladders
An employee was on a combination ladder drilling a hole for a cable when the ladder slipped and the employee fell to the floor and became entangled in the ladder…
NAICS515210Event Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecifiedSource Portable ladders and stairs unspecified
An employee was on a ladder while feeding cable at a multi-unit home when the ladder slipped from beneath him and he fell. The employee was hospitalized with a…
Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified Leg(s) unspecifiedHospitalized
NAICS517510Event Direct exposure to electricity unspecifiedSource Switchboards, panels, fuses
An employee in an aerial bucket was attaching a cable to a pole when they contacted a power transmission fuse and sustained burns to their left hand, arm, and shoulder.
Electrical burns any degree Multiple upper extremities locations n.e.c.Hospitalized
NAICS517919Event Exposure to environmental heat outdoorSource Heat environmental
An employee was pulling a 1,500-foot piece of cable through an underground conduit outside in the heat and humidity when they began to feel ill. The employee was…
NAICS518210Event Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecifiedSource Extension ladders
An employee was on a 28-foot extension ladder troubleshooting equipment at a residential property. While on the ladder, the strand cable supporting the extension ladder failed, causing the ladder…
NAICS517919Event Other fall to lower level unspecifiedSource Extension ladders
An employee was ascending an extension ladder at a utility pole when the ladder shifted on the pole and he fell to the ground. The employee sustained a left ankle…
NAICS335921EventStruck or run over by rolling powered vehicleSourceDelivery truck or van
An employee was conducting maintenance work underneath a vehicle with the two front tires on the ramp. The van rolled off the ramp and crushed the employee's ribs and…
Crushing injuriesChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersHospitalized
NAICS517311EventDirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 voltsSourcePower lines, transformers, convertors
An employee was in a bucket truck approximately 14 feet high when they contacted a 7,200-volt overhead powerline. The employee was hospitalized for burns and electric shock.
NAICS515210EventDirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 voltsSourcePower lines, transformers, convertors
An employee was repairing a cable line in the air alongside a roadway. They came in contact with a power line and sustained burns to their back and shoulder area.
Electrical burns, unspecifiedShoulder(s) and backHospitalized
NAICS517410EventOther fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet SourceMovable ladders, unspecified
An employee was replacing an old drop cord on a power pole. The employee was descending a ladder when they fell approximately 10 to 12 feet, resulting in a fractured…
NAICS517510EventOther fall to lower level, unspecifiedSourceMovable ladders, unspecified
An employee was on a ladder that was leaned against a wire strap while installing cable service. The ladder slipped and the employee fell, resulting in a broken lower left…
NAICS515210EventOther fall to lower level, unspecifiedSourceStep ladders
An employee was installing a cable while on an A-frame ladder when they lost their balance and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a left-side skull fracture…
NAICS517311EventMultiple types of overexertion involving outside sourcesSourceDigging handtools-nonpowered, unspecified
An employee was digging a hole by hand to repair a cable outage when he started feeling a burning sensation in his chest and got a headache. He had been…
NAICS515210EventPedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.SourceTruck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
An aerial drop cable had been attached to a pole and run across a residential street; an employee was across the road climbing a ladder to attach the cable at…
NAICS334220EventOther jump to lower level, unspecifiedSourceMovable ladders, unspecified
On 7/05/2022, an employee was on a ladder, dropping a cable line from its connection to a house. The employee jumped from the ladder to the ground and…
NAICS515210EventOther fall to lower level 6 to 10 feetSourceMovable ladders, unspecified
An employee was climbing up a ladder to connect a cable wire when his boot slipped; he fell approximately 8 feet to the ground, resulting in three fractured ribs and…
FracturesChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersHospitalized
NAICS515210EventFall on same level due to slipping SourceStreet, road, driveway-paved
An employee was walking up a sloped driveway of a customer's residence. The employee slipped on ice that was covered by snow, fell on the concrete driveway, and sustained…
NAICS517110EventFall on same level due to tripping on uneven surfaceSourceGround irregularity
An employee was repairing cable TV service at a customer residence. The employee was carrying his ladder back to his service vehicle when he tripped and fell to the ground…