Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202539938 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 202539938 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 01/28/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300869674	01/30/2009	4841	515210	Time Warner Cable Inc

Abstract: At about 11:30 a.m. on January 28, 2009, Employee #1, a broad band technician with Time Warner Cable, was climbing a power pole at a residential site. While stepping from an unsecured ladder to pole steps, he grabbed a pole step about 15 ft from the ground with his right hand. When he reached for a pole step about 13 ft from the ground with his left hand, the pole step he was holding with his right hand came out of the pole. Employee #1 then lost his balance and fell to the ground. He was hospitalized at UCLA Medical Center for lacerations.

Keywords: POWER LINE WORKER, UNSECURED, LADDER, LACERATION, FALL, LOST BALANCE, UTILITY POLE, COMMUNICATION WORKER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300869674			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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