Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at AT&T Services, Inc.
Start: 2/29/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016021833 · 2/29/2016 · AT&T Services, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
Source: Utility and telephone poles

Employer

Name: AT&T Services, Inc.
Location: 4165 Holly bSprings Rd., GILLSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30543
NAICS: 517110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a pole using climbers. After the employee completed his work on the pole, he began to descend the pole. As he was descending, he "cut out" and slid down three to four feet while hugging the pole. He then let go and fell approximately 12 feet causing injury to his back.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown