Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS (DE), Inc., 100 Municipal Road, FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA 35968
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee had been repairing a cable line from a ladder. The employee was climbing down the ladder when it shifted, causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured hip and lacerations to the wrist and head.
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 approximately 5 feet up on a ladder while drilling a hole for cable installation. A wasp attacked him. As he was coming down the ladder, he landed flat on his feet on the ground, and his right leg was twisted. The employee sustained a fractured tibia.
An employee had been installing an outside cable line at a residence. The employee became nauseous from working in the heat. The employee was hospitalized with heat exhaustion and dehydration.
An employee tripped at an elevation change while approaching a home. He fell to the ground and hit his head on a rock, suffering a contusion to the left eyebrow and a possible concussion.
An employee climbed to the top of a ladder at a customer's house. The ladder shifted and the employee fell 28 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a lung contusion and a right foot contusion.
An employee was knocking on a customer's door when two dogs from a neighboring house attacked them, resulting in bite wounds that required hospitalization.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.