Exposure to environmental heat · Effects of heat and light, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ITG Communications, LLC, 1606 Grand Meadows Ct., KATY, TEXAS 77494
on — Effects of heat and light, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was helping to dig a shallow trench to bury a cable line when he started having muscle cramps. He was hospitalized for heat stress.
An employee was on a ladder to cut a telecommunications wire that was under tension. The release of energy displaced the ladder and the employee fell, resulting in a fractured wrist.
An employee was connecting a service drop to a pole from a 28-foot ladder. A strand came loose and the employee fell to the concrete, suffering fractures to a hip and ribs.
An employee placed a ladder on a mid-span and was ascending the ladder when it shifted. The shift caused one of the hooks to come off the mid-span. He dismounted from halfway up the ladder and landed on his feet, breaking both ankles.
An employee was installing a line to a camera outside a residential home. The employee tripped while working from an A-frame ladder in the closed position and sustained a small fracture to his left ankle.
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.
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