HAMMOND, LOUISIANA—
Charter Communications, LLC.
Exposure to environmental heat · Effects of heat and light, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Charter Communications, LLC., 701 Western Oak Drive, HAMMOND, LOUISIANA 70403 on — Effects of heat and light, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was in training requalifying for ladders. The employee was climbing an extension ladder, got dizzy due to heat stress, and fell about 15 feet.
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An employee was working from an extension ladder in a back yard, disconnecting an aerial telecommunications cable line from a house. The employee fell backward from the ladder to the grass below, suffering fractured vertebrae in their back.
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An employee was removing a service drop at a residential location while on a 28-ft. extension ladder. While ascending or descending the ladder, the employee fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with head and back injuries.
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An employee fell from an extension ladder onto an asphalt pavement about 15 feet below, suffering a skull fracture, internal bleeding in the head, a broken collarbone, broken vertebrae, five to eight broken ribs, and a liver laceration. The employee was hospitalized.
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