Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120469.015 - Employee's arm is fractured from elevated fall

Accident Summary Nr: 120469.015 -- Report ID: 0454715 -- Event Date: 09/12/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1435987.015	10/07/2019		237130	Charter Communications, Llc

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on September 12, 2019, an employee was cutting a wire at a residential site to install a new cable drop. While working from a seven-foot extension ladder, the employee came into contact with an unprotected 120-volt electrical drop connection as he attempted to belt off to a service pole and was shocked. As a result, the employee fell and fractured his right arm. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Arm, Cable, Cable Tv Work, Electric Shock, Electric current, Electrical, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Ladder

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1435987.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Telecomm: Line Installers And Repairers

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