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Accident Summary Nr: 201117231 - Worker Gets Entangled in Coil and Dislocates Hip
| Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120322557 | 01/16/2004 | 4813 | 517110 | Verizon |
Abstract: At approximatly11:50 a.m. on December 15, 2003, Employee #1, a 38-year-old with Verizon was part of a crew of employees who were installing optical cable with plastic tubing on the overhead phone lines. Employee #1 was alone next to a reel of plastic tubing, inner-duct, for the optical cable. The duct has rope to pull the fiber cable through. The tubing has the following identification: Dura-line (Manufacture) Sparks, NV Middleboro, KY 1.25-inches, SDR-11 Smooth/Rib Interduct that was 81.5-inches diameter and 45.625-inches wide with metal with square tubing. The reel was mounted on a trailer, had no identifications on reel, the trailer used to pull the reel was a Hogg and Davis Designer and Manufactures Max. Reel Load, 10,000 pounds 2579 E. 67th St. TC339691 Long Beach CA 90805 Model Number P120 BV/H 108 Serial number 1H9401213A1011107 Month 9, Year 1980. Employee #1 was told by the lead-person to stand by the reel and wait to insure that the crew pulled enough inter-ducts. The crew was not in view of Employee #1, so radios were used for communication. A truck using a man-lift with a basket pulled the inter-duct. Employee #1 was in the street with cones to block off the right lane. At the time of the incident, Employee #1 said he was distracted, not himself, and was preparing to tie off the duct with rope. The duct is tied to the shaft support to stop the reel from rotating. This is done as a procedure to prevent slack. He said he tied it off prematurely without getting the radio signal from the crew to tie off. He said he was "zoning" and was trained and knew what he did was not in the procedures for the radio calls. The truck pulled the cable and the left leg of Employee #1 got caught in the spoke of the right side of the trailer flipping him over the top. Employee #1 said he dislocated the right hip and pulled the left leg out of the socket.
| Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 120322557 | Hospitalized injury | Dislocation | Telephone line installers and repairers |
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