Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions

Name: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Comcast Cable
Start: 12/11/2016

1 hospitalization · 20161211528 · 12/11/2016 · Comcast Cable

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Movable ladders, unspecified

Employer

Name: Comcast Cable
Location: 5132 Arch St, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19139
NAICS: 515210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a cable line from a ladder when a neighbor's cable line came loose, causing slack in the line that the employee was working on. The employee lost balance and fell from the ladder, suffering a concussion, vertebral fractures, and facial fractures.

Source

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