Fractures

Name: Fractures at Suddenlink Communications
Start: 4/28/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017043887 · 4/28/2017 · Suddenlink Communications

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Movable ladders, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Suddenlink Communications
Location: 1874 Muddy Creek Mountain Road, ALDERSON, WEST VIRGINIA, 24910
NAICS: 517110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On April 28, 2017, at approximately 12:14 p.m., an employee was standing on a 6-foot combination ladder to install a new service line from a utility pole to a residential home. He fell approximately 5 feet from the ladder to the ground, fracturing his coccyx bone and right wrist.

Source

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