Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201791142 - Employee injured in fall from hook ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201791142 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 11/18/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120254032	12/03/1997	4841	0	Media One

Abstract: A cable installer was replacing a defective cable television cable. He was working alone. He had placed orange traffic cones in the street. He placed his 8.5-meter-long extension ladder in the street and put the ladder hooks over the main cable. As the employee was working about 6.1 meters above the ground, replacing the defective cable, he felt a jolt and fell to the ground. He sustained a broken left knee and a broken right ankle and was hospitalized for over 24 hours. The employee could not remember if he had tied off to the main cable.

Keywords: KNEE, FRACTURE, EXTENSION LADDER, TELECOM WORK, CABLE TV WORK, COMMUNICATION CABLE, LADDER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, COMMUNICATION WORKER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120254032			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Telephone line installers and repairers

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