Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Cox Communications
Start: 6/14/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023065240 · 6/14/2023 · Cox Communications

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Elbow(s)
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Extension ladders
Secondary source: Utility and telephone poles

Employer

Name: Cox Communications
Location: 617 Exey Dr., NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA, 70563
NAICS: 515210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on an extension ladder replacing a cable drop when the utility pole that the ladder was leaning on snapped. The employee fell to the ground and sustained a right elbow injury.

Source

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