Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1508168.015 - Premier Broadband Services Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Long Beach District Office

Investigation Summary

At 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 19, 2020, the employer held a safety meeting, where he explicitly instructed Employee #1 that he is to use ladders to access the amplifiers on the telephone poles and that pole climbers are not to be used. At approximately 9:00 a.m., Employee #1 and a coworker were in a work truck driving to perform the replacement of amplifiers. The coworker dropped Employee #1 off at a telephone pole. Employee #1 outright refused to use a ladder, and instead told the coworker that he was going to use his pole climbers to gaff up the telephone pole. The coworker then drove away to another telephone pole. Employee #1 continued to climb up telephone poles using pole climbers, against the instructions he received from the employer earlier that same morning. Employee #1 fell off a pole and landed on his back. A local police officer patrolling the area discovered Employee #1 on his back and on the ground. Employee #1 suffered a broken pelvis and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Back, Broken Bone, E TC (telecom work), Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Pelvis, Pole Climber , Telecom Work, Utility Pole, Work Rules