Accident Report Detail
Accident: 115538.015 - Employee Falls From Ladder And Fractures Leg
Accident: 115538.015 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 04/05/2019 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1391574.015 | 04/08/2019 | Comcast Holdings Corp | |||||
At 1:20 p.m. on April 5, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a telecommunications com pany, was preparing to install new service for a residence being remodeled. He was climbing a ladder to access a communications cable when the ladder slid and fell. The employee fell, a fall height of 10 feet. Emergency services transpor ted the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for a compou nd fracture of his left leg. | |||||||
Keywords:
climbing on ladder, communication cable, fall, fall protection, fracture, installing, leg, residential construction, telecom work, unsecured, unstable position
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Single family or duplex dwelling | New project or new addition | 22 | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Construction | |
1 | 1391574.015 | 30 | M | Hospitalized injury | FallDist: 10 FallHt:10 Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause: |