Fractures and dislocations

Name: Fractures and dislocations at Charter Communications
Start: 8/18/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020087826 · 8/18/2020 · Charter Communications

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Roadway collision-moving and standing vehicle on side of roadway
Source: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
Secondary source: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck

Employer

Name: Charter Communications
Location: US1 Flemming Ave., PORT ORANGE, FLORIDA, 32127
NAICS: 517110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance technician was inside the bucket of a bucket truck, which was on the side of the highway. The bucket was 20 feet in the air when the bucket truck was struck by a passing vehicle. The employee was thrown from the bucket to the ground and sustained a broken pelvis, fractured ribs, and a dislocated shoulder. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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