Verizon New York

An employee fell from an elevated bucket truck while hanging pole guy wire. The employee landed on the ground and sustained a broken wrist, broken ribs, and a punctured lung.

An employee was setting a ladder on the side of a house when the employee lost balance and fell backwards to the ground, breaking both wrists.

An employee was stripping cable with a sharp tool when the tool cut his index finger.

An employee was moving cables when he felt a pain in his abdomen due to a hernia.

An employee was working at a customer location and slipped while going down the rear, concrete steps and injured his right knee.

An employee was fixing ceiling tiles while working from a ladder when they fell to the floor and sustained a hip fracture.

An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.

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 coming down a portable ladder when they slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a right forearm fracture.

While working to install telecommunications service, an employee was descending an extension ladder which was attached to a strand between two utility poles. The ladder shifted to the left. The employee lost his balance, and fell approximately 10-15 feet onto compacted soil. The employee sustained fractures to his right fibula and tibia requiring surgery, and a dislocated left ankle.

An employee was standing near a manhole when a chain that was attached to a cable placing truck to pull copper out snapped and struck his right leg. The employee sustained a laceration and broken leg. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was cleaning excess product from the line when their hand became caught in the back of a rotary filling machine. The employee's wrist was broken.

An employee was going up a ladder between two utility poles in a backyard. He then went to readjust the ladder, but fell before getting to the bottom of the ladder. The employee sustained a broken left hip.

An employee was stepping out of a car when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a femur fracture.

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

An employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.