Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cox Communications, 617 Exey Dr., NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA 70563
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the elbow(s).
Final narrative
An employee was on an extension ladder replacing a cable drop when the utility pole that the ladder was leaning on snapped. The employee fell to the ground and sustained a right elbow injury.
An employee was responding to a trouble call work order at the home of a customer. He was standing on and working from an extension ladder at an estimated working surface height of 15 ft. in order to remove and replace the drop (aerial cable) that was serving the customer's home. He cut the drop at the point where it was attached to the mid-span. The release of tension on the drop caused the mid-span to recoil, thereby throwing the employee from the ladder to the ground onto his right hip. He sustained a fracture to the lower portion of his back (spine) and was hospitalized.
An employee was stepping down from a box-truck lift gate to the ground and rolled an ankle. The employee dislocated his ankle and broke his lower leg bone.
On 01/26/15, a worker was walking to her vehicle in the parking lot and slipped on the snow and struck her head. She was transported to the hospital and was admitted overnight because of the impending snowstorm.
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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.
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