MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN—
Charter Communications, LLC.
Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Charter Communications, LLC., 10130 W. Appleton Ave., MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 53225 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the head, neck, and trunk.
Final narrative
An employee was installing electronic equipment on an electronics rack when the rack came loose from the wall and fell on the employee's head. The employee suffered bruising, abrasions, a nerve injury, head injuries, and vertebra injuries to the upper neck and back.
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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.
STURGEON BAY, WISCONSIN—
Charter Communications LLC.
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.
COLUMBUS, OHIO—
Charter Communications, LLC
An employee was descending a ladder that was positioned against a gutter. The ladder slid on the gutter and the employee fell onto concrete pavers about 10 feet below, landing on and breaking their arm.
CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO—
Charter Communications, LLC
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.
GROVE CITY, OHIO—
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An employee was preparing to leave a job site and was picking up traffic cones when he slipped on black ice and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken ankle.
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