Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202540407 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Telephone Pole

Accident Summary Nr: 202540407 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 02/25/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300869906	03/03/2009	4812	517212	At&T

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on February 25, 2009, an employee was climbing the pole for recertification, in a poles training pit. The wood pole was about six feet from the ground and the pole snapped. The pole fell over and brought the employee down with it. As he was falling, his shoulder hit the pit fence and his hand was crushed between the pole and the fence. The employee sustained fractured right wrist and dislocated right clavicle. The employee was treated at the health clinic and was released the same day.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SHOULDER, DISLOCATED, FALL, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300869906			Non Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Occupation not reported

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