Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201501681 - Employee injured in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201501681 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 12/12/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125628297	03/10/2000	4812	0	Pacific Bell

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on December 22, 1999, Employee #1, a Telephone Installation Repair Technician, fell approximately 18 feet to the sidewalk while attempting to place a phone cable drop at mid span. Employee #1 was working alone and there were no witnesses to the accident. Employee #1 was employed by Pacific Bell Service in Hayward, California. The accident scene was a hilly residential area. Employee #1 did not have any extra leveling wedges, which were normally located in the back of his truck when he arrived at the job site, so he decided to improvise and make a leveling wedge from some wood to stabilize the ladder. Employee #1 started to ascend the ladder but the ladder began to sway and slipped off the make-shift wedge. Before he could hook up his body-harness he fell to the ground, suffering multiple injuries. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: TELECOM WORK, LADDER, SAFETY BELT, LACERATION, FALL, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125628297			Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Telephone installers and repairers

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