Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 100951.015 - Worker descending from a ladder falls and fractures leg

Accident Summary Nr: 100951.015 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 07/18/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1257340.015	08/23/2017		237130	Frontier California Inc.

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on July 18, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a communications company, was engaged in transferring cable lines from overhead to underground. He was descending a ladder into a 7-foot deep electrical vault when the ladder slid. Employee #1 fell to the vault's concrete floor. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a fracture to his lower left leg.

Keywords: Access/Egress, Confined Space, Construction, Descending, Elec Utility Work, Fall, Fracture, Ladder, Leg, Unstable Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1257340.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Electrical power installers and repairers

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