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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2022119962 · 11/12/2022 · Charter Communications, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source
Extension ladders
Secondary source
Ground, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Charter Communications, LLC
Location
42829 US 36, WARSAW, OHIO, 43844
NAICS
515210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working from an extension ladder in a back yard, disconnecting an aerial telecommunications cable line from a house. The employee fell backward from the ladder to the grass below, suffering fractured vertebrae in their back.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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