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Accident: 201632684 - Employee Injured In Fall With Ladder When Cable Fails
Accident: 201632684 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 03/21/2002 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 305180184 | 03/22/2002 | 1731 | Telecommunication Support Systems Inc | ||||
| At approximately 3:30 p.m. on March 21, 2002, Employee #1 was re-routing three strands of television cable to a private residence. He took his ladder and placed it against the strands. He did not check, however, for hazards in the surrounding area. The strands had been tied off with a piece of line approximately three poles down. Employee #1 was aware of this but did not check to see whether it would take his weight. After cutting two of the three strands, the combination of Employee #1 and the ladder was too much for the remaining strand and it broke loose. Employee #1 fell approximately 12 ft to the ground, along with the ladder. He sustained a pelvic injury and was hospitalized for several days. | |||||||
Keywords:
telecom work, communication cable, work rules, overloaded, construction, fall, communication worker, unstable position
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Single family or duplex dwelling | Alteration or rehabilitation | Under $50,000 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 305180184 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Laborers, except construction | FallDist: FallHt:12 Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause: Fall from/with ladder |
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