Exposure to environmental heat · Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Time Warner Cable, Intersection of College Street & Major Drive, BEAUMONT, TEXAS 77705
on — Effects of heat and light, n.e.c., affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was hospitalized for dehydration after a service call.
An employee was repairing cable lines at the top of a telephone pole. As he was climbing down the pole using the preinstalled pegs on the pole, he missed a step and fell 10-12 feet breaking both legs and an ankle.
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.
During a sales blitz activity, an employee participated in one of the 'minute to win it' games. The game involves a small Kleenex box with balls in it and a ribbon that goes around the waist, and the player has to twist their waist to get the balls to come out. As the employee twisted her waist, she injured her knee.
An employee was working on a residential cable connection outside while standing on an extension ladder. While the employee was descending, the base of the ladder slipped on ice, causing the ladder and employee to fall. The employee suffered lumbar and hip injuries.
An employee was performing finishing work on a residential driveway when they began to experience body cramps and were hospitalized for heat stress and dehydration.
An agent was participating in SWAT team selection and was performing various physical fitness skills including running and exercise intervals. The agent experienced dehydration and a muscular injury that required hospitalization.
On September 26, 2023, an employee was delivering packages when he began to feel ill with a pain in his side. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion and dehydration.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 517110)
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 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.
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An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.