OCEANSIDE, NEW YORK—
CSC Holdings LLC
Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at CSC Holdings LLC, 3429 First Street, OCEANSIDE, NEW YORK 11572 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working on a telephone pole from an A-frame ladder when he fell to the ground and landed on his feet, suffering injuries to his feet and tailbone that required hospitalization.
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An employee was doing work in the field during a hot day, which included moving and setting up a 28-foot extension ladder and climbing the ladder to remove and attach cable lines. The employee became ill and was hospitalized with severe dehydration and heat-related illness.
MEDFORD, NEW YORK—
CSC Holdings, LLC
An employee was on a 28-foot extension ladder, running a fiber optic line to a home. The line being run was crossing a street. As he climbed the ladder with it, he was trying to keep tension on it to keep it above any possible traffic. He had ascended to about 12 feet when the ladder started to move, then slid sideways to the pavement. The employee jumped off, landed on his feet, and suffered fractures to both heels.
BRONX, NEW YORK—
CSC Holdings, LLC
An employee was descending an extension ladder that was set up on a cable strand at approximately 18 feet. When the employee was about halfway down, the ladder started to shift to the left and the employee jumped off the ladder to the right. The employee landed on a concrete sidewalk and their right ankle was fractured.
BETHPAGE, NEW YORK—
CSC Holdings, LLC
An employee was organizing his vehicle and offloading equipment, moving in and out of vehicle's rear door. An aerial lift with the bucket in the down/resting position was positioned near the rear door of the employee's vehicle. When another employee approached, the injured employee turned and struck his head on the bucket of the aerial lift resulting in a head contusion. The employee was hospitalized for a brain bleed.
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