Accident Report Detail

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 Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1409845.015	06/20/2019		237130	Frequencies 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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