Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170890636 - Employee killed in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 170890636 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 01/12/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125626630	01/26/1999	1731	238210	S & L Cable

Abstract: Employer #1, a cable TV installer, was putting a new cable drop on the lines at a customer's home. He was on a ladder in the mid-span of the cable line when he fell 25 ft onto concrete. Employee #1 was hospitalized with serious head trauma, and died six days later. He was not wearing his required safety harness at the time of the accident.

Keywords: HEAD, INSTALLING, CABLE TV WORK, WORK RULES, LADDER, SAFETY BELT, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Other		Under $50,000		25	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125626630			Fatality	Concussion	Telephone line installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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