Comcast Cable

An employee was on a ladder while feeding cable at a multi-unit home when the ladder slipped from beneath him and he fell. The employee was hospitalized with a leg injury.

An employee was installing a cable while on an A-frame ladder when they lost their balance and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a left-side skull fracture and rib fractures.

An aerial drop cable had been attached to a pole and run across a residential street; an employee was across the road climbing a ladder to attach the cable at a house. A truck drove by and hit the cable, ripping it out of the employee's hand. The cable was still attached to the spool near the foot of the employee's ladder, and the spool pulled the ladder down. The employee fell 12-15 feet to the ground and suffered a broken lower-back vertebra.

An employee was using an aerial lift to repair overhead cable lines. A tractor trailer drove by on the road below and made contact with the power lines creating an electrical arc that struck the employee. The employee sustained electrical shock and burns to the right arm and lower right region of their back. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee fell to the ground while ascending a ladder, fracturing the left tibia.

An employee was fixing ceiling tiles while working from a ladder when they fell to the floor and sustained a hip fracture.

An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.

An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.

An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.

An employee was coming down a portable ladder when they slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a right forearm fracture.

A technician was ascending an extension ladder that was placed on a strand behind a residence. The ladder began to slide on the strand and the technician fell approximately 4 feet. The technician landed on their feet on sloped ground and sustained broken bones in both ankles.

An employee was working in a customer's attic above the second story. The employee fell two stories through the ceiling and landed on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a shoulder injury.

An employee was working at a customer's residence, installing fiber optic service. He began to feel cramping in his stomach and right arm and back area. He was hospitalized, suffering from heat-related dehydration.

An employee was starting up a grinder pulverizer when he noticed that water was leaking from the pulverizer. As he tried to wipe away the water, his fingers became trapped by one of the pulverizer fins. He suffered a hand injury and was hospitalized. The pulverizer was running at the time of the incident.

An employee fell from a ladder, injuring a hip and fracturing an elbow bone and ribs.

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.