BUFFALO, NEW YORK—
Charter Communications
Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Charter Communications, 3 Knoerl Avenue, BUFFALO, NEW YORK 14210 on — Fractures, affecting the skull.
Final narrative
An employee was standing on a ladder to replace a cable line from a pole to a residential property. They were hooked to the old cable line when the line snapped, causing the employee to fall approximately 12 feet to the ground. They sustained a skull fracture.
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MARSHALL, TEXAS—
Charter Communications
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.
SACO, MAINE—
Charter Communications
An employee was working from a ladder, pulling a cable line through a wall at a customer's house. He lost his balance and jumped off the ladder, landed on the ground about 7 feet below, and suffered injuries to both ankles including a fracture to at least one. The employee was hospitalized.
BURLESON, TEXAS—
Charter Communications
On June 16, 2025, at 4:30 p.m., an employee was ascending an 8-foot A-frame ladder to look inside an attic opening of a customer's garage. The employee was three rungs from the top when he fell 5 feet to the ground, resulting in a displaced fracture of his femur in the back of his knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
PINSON, ALABAMA—
Charter Communications
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.
BOZEMAN, MONTANA—
Charter Communications
An employee was using a pocket knife to cut cardboard boxes. They were folding the pocket knife to put it away when it amputated their fingertip.
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