Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139266.015 - Employee fractures hip, knee in fall while positioning ladde

Accident Summary Nr: 139266.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 08/27/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1553698.015	09/17/2021		517911	Frontier Communications Of America, Inc

Abstract: At 12:54 p.m. on August 27, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a telecommunications reseller was positioning an extension ladder to access an overhead communication utility pole. The employee inadvertently stepped into a hole in the dirt ground while positioning his ladder and fell. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured hip and knee.

Keywords: Fall, Fall On Same Level, Fracture, Ground, Hip, Hole, Knee, Laborer, Ladder, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Positioning, Telecom Work, Tripped, Unstable Position, Unstable Surface, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1553698.015	48	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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