Charter Communications, Inc.

Employees were working to secure a low-hanging feeder. An employee was elevated in a bucket at a height of approximately 12 feet and was pulling the lashing wire. The lashing wire flipped up and struck the lower phase (120 volts) of power that was 2.4 feet above the feeder and strand. The employee sustained electrical burns to their chest, both hands, and the right forearm.

An employee was walking in a parking lot when he tripped over a bolt protruding from the ground and fell. He suffered two fractures in his right elbow, as well as a torn tendon leading to the elbow. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was on an extension ladder, installing cable from a pole in an alley. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground and suffered a broken left arm.

An employee was performing door-to-door sales. While walking between sales visits, the employee tripped on an uneven sidewalk/driveway slab of concrete and fell to the ground, striking his left knee area and suffering bone fractures.

An employee was installing a communication main line drop from an extension ladder and fell 15 feet to the ground, suffering a fractured vertebra that required surgery.

An employee was drying and finishing vehicles when a vehicle door closed on their left middle fingertip and amputated it.

An employee was climbing down from a tractor trailer bed when they lost their footing and grabbed onto the roll-up door to stop the fall. The roll-up door then fell onto the employee's hand, resulting in a hand fracture that required surgery.

An employee was attempting to remove a tarp from a flatbed trailer when the trailer handle struck the employee in the chest, resulting in two broken ribs and a punctured lung.

An employee was near a backhoe while the operator was getting a broom. The broom handle struck the lever that actuates the swing of the backhoe bucket. The bucket then struck the injured employee, pinning him to the outrigger. The employee suffered crush injuries to the chest.

The injured employee was being trained on loading trucks in the load out bay. The injured employee and his supervisor climbed the stairs that run parallel to the truck and trailer, walked to the upper platform used for observation and sample taking, and saw that the lid of the grain trailer was closed. The employees began working to open the lid which appeared to be stuck due to cold weather. The injured employee pulled on one of the pivot arms that connect the lid to the main body of the trailer. As the lid began to open, the employee s right hand slipped down on the pivot arm and his index finger was caught between the pivot arm and the base of the pivot arm. The employee s right index finger was fractured and three nerves were severed. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was moving an empty travel/equipment case to an upper shelf while standing on a 6-foot step ladder. While descending from the ladder, the employee misstepped and fell 2-3 feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a fractured tibial plateau in their right leg.

An employee was walking in the audio cut room when they tripped over a box and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.

An employee was changing a light while standing on a wooden box. The employee fell approximately 20 inches to a lower level and struck his head on the floor, resulting in a head injury.

An employee was wrapping lights around a tree when their right arm contacted exposed wires, resulting in electric shock.

During the filming of a television scene, an employee tripped on the electrical cord for a Christmas tree. She fell to the floor and suffered a broken left hip.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.