Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121790.015 - Employee breaks ribs, fractures vertebrae in fall off ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 121790.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 11/07/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1444074.015	11/12/2019		238210	Quanta Telecommunication Services, Llc.

Abstract: At 2:10 p.m. on November 7, 2019, an employee working as a technician was lashing wire and pulling communication cable. The employer is a communication network installer and performs maintenance for aerial and underground construction. The employee was trying to clear tree branches on the span of lashing wire. He adjusted the extension ladder to climb up and clear them. While descending the ladder, he lost his footing. The ladder slid and caused the employee to fall landing on a fence before falling to the ground. The employee broke his ribs and fractured vertebrae and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Clearing, Communication Cable, Descending, Descending Ladder, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, Ladder, Lost Balance, Pulling, Rib, Technician, Training, Tree Limb, Vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1444074.015	48	M	Hospitalized injury		Technicians, n.e.c.

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