Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126218221 - EMPLOYEE FRACTURED ARM AND PELVIS IN FALL FROM LADDER

Accident Summary Nr: 126218221 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 05/16/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126218221	06/22/2000	4813	0	Pacific Bell

Abstract: An employee was replacing a midspan single-pair telephone service drop with a two-pair service drop. He had already attached and terminated the new service drop at the utility pole. The employee was at the rear of a house on an 8.5-meter ladder supported at midspan by its ladder hooks. He had not secured himself to the ladder or strand. As he was attaching the service at midspan, he lost his balance and fell to the ground, hitting a bystander below. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left arm and a fractured pelvis. His arm required surgery to insert a pin.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TELECOM WORK, COMMUNICATION CABLE, LADDER, PELVIS, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ARM, COMMUNICATION WORKER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126218221			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electrical and electronic technicians

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