Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1409845.015 - Frequencies Wireless Solutions

Inspection Information - Office: Jackson Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1409845.015

Report ID: 0419400

Date Opened: 06/20/2019

Site Address:
Frequencies Wireless Solutions
717 Hwy 15 S
Laurel, MS 39443

Mailing Address:
17005 Joe Barbee Road Suite 800, Round Rock, TX 78664

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 237130/Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/20/2019

Emphasis: L:Fall

Case Closed: 07/03/2019

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1467305	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 117285.015

Event: 06/19/2019

Employee slips and falls from cell tower, receives hip fract

At 1:30 p.m. on June 19, 2019, an employee worked approximately three hundred feet on a cell tower to install fiber optic cable. While working it began to rain and the employee began to climb down the tower. At approximately twenty-five feet, the employee slipped and fell. The employee was hospitalized to treat a hip fracture and contusions.

Keywords: Climbing, Communication Tower, Contusion, Descending, Fall, Fracture, Hip, Installing, Optical Fiber Cable, Rain, Slip, Tower, Weather

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1409845.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Restoration: Communications

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