Cox Communications

An employee was climbing a ladder to fix a drop line. He fell from the ladder and sustained injuries to the ribs and spine.

An employee was on an extension ladder replacing a cable drop when the utility pole that the ladder was leaning on snapped. The employee fell to the ground and sustained a right elbow injury.

An employee was responding to a trouble call work order at the home of a customer. He was standing on and working from an extension ladder at an estimated working surface height of 15 ft. in order to remove and replace the drop (aerial cable) that was serving the customer's home. He cut the drop at the point where it was attached to the mid-span. The release of tension on the drop caused the mid-span to recoil, thereby throwing the employee from the ladder to the ground onto his right hip. He sustained a fracture to the lower portion of his back (spine) and was hospitalized.

On 01/26/15, a worker was walking to her vehicle in the parking lot and slipped on the snow and struck her head. She was transported to the hospital and was admitted overnight because of the impending snowstorm.

An employee was stepping from a bus onto the curb when they sustained a right strained hamstring.

An employee was walking on steps when they slipped and twisted their ankle, resulting in a fracture.

An employee was stepping from a parking block down into a parking spot when he twisted his right ankle, resulting in a fracture.

An employee was stepping down from a work platform to the ground when they rolled their left ankle and fractured it.

An employee was operating a forklift in the warehouse. As they were dismounting, the employee felt pain in their leg from stepping down and sustained a left leg fracture.

An employee was descending a ladder that was on a strand when the ladder shifted, causing the employee to jump off and fall about 5.5 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right ankle.

An employee was cutting boxes using a box cutting tool and lacerated an artery in their wrist. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was removing 2,500-foot reels of 1 cable-in-conduit (CIC) weighing ~1,022 lbs. from the back of an enclosed delivery truck. The employee was manually rolling a reel off the truck when another reel shifted and rolled forward, crushing his right hand between the two reels. The employee's right ring finger was partially amputated without loss of bone.

An employee was on an extension ladder working to replace a service line to a customer's home. The existing service line broke, causing him to fall off the ladder. He was hospitalized with a dislocated elbow and fractures in his left wrist requiring surgery.

An employee stepped on a traffic cone while walking to a truck. The employee slipped and fell, suffered a fractured and possibly dislocated ankle, and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was helping to move a 1,300-pound coil on a cart. The steel caster hit a crack in the concrete, the weld holding the caster onto the cart broke, and the coil and cart tipped over onto the employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead and a pelvic fracture on his right side.

An employee was working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.

An employee was cutting a piece of metal rod with a metal cutting machine. His right middle finger became caught between the rod and the machine's table. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.

An employee was working at her desk. She went to stand up and fell to the floor beside the desk. The employee sustained a hip displacement and required surgery.

An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.