Verizon Communications

An employee climbed on a wood telecommunication service pole and was doing repairs when the pole broke. The employee fell to the concrete below and suffered a fractured elbow.

Two employees were on separate ladders setting a fixed window on a newly constructed residential building. The injured employee fell from the ladder to the ground and was hospitalized for back injuries.

An employee was climbing steps on equipment when they fell to the ground, resulting in crushed vertebrae.

An employee was working from a ladder when they fell to the ground. The employee sustained blunt force trauma to their head and back and was hospitalized.

An employee was opening the lids on top of rail cars to prepare for grain. The employee fell from the rail car approximately 14 feet and landed on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their scapula, C7 vertebra, multiple thoracic vertebrae, sternum, foot, and three toes. The employee also sustained a concussion, bruised lung, pulled abdominal muscles, and an injury to their left middle finger.

An employee fell from a six-foot ladder to the floor and was hospitalized for fractured lumbar vertebrae.

An employee was working on a ladder that was placed on a paved driveway at the side of a house. The ladder slipped out from under him and he fell to the ground, sustaining fractures to his right elbow and left wrist.

On July 14, 2025, an employee became ill during work. He was hospitalized for a heat-related illness.

An employee was completing a fiber splice in a manhole. The lid of the manhole crushed the employee's left ring finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip at the first joint.

An employee was removing aerial service wires from an extension ladder when he fell 14 feet from the ladder. The employee sustained fractures to his pelvis, right hip, and ribs.

An employee fell while descending a ladder, landing on the ground and suffering a broken heel and lower leg.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.