Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202492260 - Trainee Is Injured in Fall During Training Exercise

Accident Summary Nr: 202492260 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 06/22/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314571605	07/20/2011	7622	811213	Frontier Communications Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on June 22, 2011, Employee #1, a technical trainee of ER (a communications company) was injured during a training exercise at the company's facility. She was performing a pole climbing exercise when she "gaffed out" and fell approximately 10 ft. from the pole. Employees free climb the pole using climbing boots with "gaffs", a large spike that attaches to the heel of the boot, until they reach their working point and then belt in. Employee #1 was still climbing when she missed "gaffing" into the pole, causing her to fall. She was hospitalized with several unspecified bone fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TELECOM WORK, CLIMBING ON COLUMN, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314571605			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Telephone line installers and repairers

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