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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 20191010918 · 10/18/2019 · VERIZON, NY, 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
Secondary source
Shrubs, grasses

Employer

Name
VERIZON, NY, Inc.
Location
44 Grove St., NORTHPORT, NEW YORK, 11768
NAICS
517110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was installing a backyard utility pole. The employee was climbing the pole with foot spikes when the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto bushes and grass. The employee suffered a back injury with possible compressed vertebrae.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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