GARFIELD HEIGHTS, OHIO—
Time Warner Cable
Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Time Warner Cable, 6018 Andover Blvd, GARFIELD HEIGHTS, OHIO 44125 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
On or about 6/7/2016, at approximately 1425, an employee was working from a ladder to access a cable TV lock box when the ladder kicked out, causing the employee to fall. As he fell, he struck a stairway railing and injured his left wrist/hand and ribs.
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