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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2018010323 · 1/10/2018 · Comcast Cable

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Wrist(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

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

Employer

Name
Comcast Cable
Location
355 McKnight Street, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19601
NAICS
515210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On January 10, 2018, at 10:20 a.m., an employee was descending a ladder after cutting a second story cable line from a residential address. The first floor cable line was still connected and under tension, which destabilized the ladder during his descent. Feeling the ladder shifting under him, he dismounted from the fourth or fifth rung up and landed on his side, fracturing his left wrist. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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