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Accident Summary Nr: 117285.015 - Employee slips and falls from cell tower, receives hip fract

Accident Summary Nr: 117285.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 06/19/2019
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1409845.01506/20/2019237130Frequencies Wireless Solutions

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on June 19, 2019, an employee worked approximately three hundred feet on a cell tower to install fiber optic cable. While working it began to rain and the employee began to climb down the tower. At approximately twenty-five feet, the employee slipped and fell. The employee was hospitalized to treat a hip fracture and contusions.

Keywords: Climbing, Communication Tower, Contusion, Descending, Fall, Fracture, Hip, Installing, Optical Fiber Cable, Rain, Slip, Tower, Weather
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Commercial building Maintenance or repair   400

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 1409845.015 39 M Hospitalized injury Restoration: Communications Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures
Fatality Cause:

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