CABLEVISION

An employee was checking emergency lights when he fell from an extension ladder and fractured his ankle.

Employee was installing a new cable on a home while working from a Lunar, 28 foot fiberglass extension ladder. A gust of wind made his ladder move and he felt like it was going to fall so he jumped off the ladder toward the grass to avoid the concrete patio and landed on his back.

An employee was stepping out of a car when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a femur fracture.

An employee was closing up for the weekend when they slipped on oil and brake fluid and fell. The employee suffered a leg fracture.

An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.

An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.

An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.

An employee was approximately 5 feet up on a ladder while drilling a hole for cable installation. A wasp attacked him. As he was coming down the ladder, he landed flat on his feet on the ground, and his right leg was twisted. The employee sustained a fractured tibia.

An employee had been installing an outside cable line at a residence. The employee became nauseous from working in the heat. The employee was hospitalized with heat exhaustion and dehydration.

An employee tripped at an elevation change while approaching a home. He fell to the ground and hit his head on a rock, suffering a contusion to the left eyebrow and a possible concussion.

An employee climbed to the top of a ladder at a customer's house. The ladder shifted and the employee fell 28 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a lung contusion and a right foot contusion.

An employee was knocking on a customer's door when two dogs from a neighboring house attacked them, resulting in bite wounds that required hospitalization.

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

An employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.