Fractures

Name: Fractures at Quanta Telecom Services, LLC
Start: 11/21/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191112112 · 11/21/2019 · Quanta Telecom Services, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
Source: Ground, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations

Employer

Name: Quanta Telecom Services, LLC
Location: Intersection of W University Ave and S Austin St., GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, 78628
NAICS: 517919
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The injured employee was spotting for a dump truck while it backed up to dump crushed stone near an approximately 76-inch deep excavation. While signaling the dump truck, the injured employee lost his footing and fell into the open hole, landing upright, and sustaining a fractured right ankle.

Source

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