Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at AT&T Corp., 299 Thunderbird Trail, CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS 60188
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
During a fiber placement job, an employee needed to remove a branch from an existing cable strand. He put his 24-foot extension ladder on the strand and cut the branch; the strand then broke and he fell about 15 feet. He suffered a broken elbow, broken ribs, and a bruised kidney.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Extension ladders
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