CANTON, MISSISSIPPI—
Bellsouth Telecommunications, LLC
Trip from stepping into a hole without fall · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Bellsouth Telecommunications, LLC, 329 Boyd St, CANTON, MISSISSIPPI 39046 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was carrying an extension ladder on his shoulder when he stepped in a hole and injured his back. He was hospitalized.
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An employee was descending an extension ladder after working on a telecommunications cable when he miss-stepped, caught his legs between the rungs, and fell four feet to the ground.
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