| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-29 | Rochester | Ny | Squan | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| On 6/29/2021, an employee was climbing a wooden telephone pole using a safety belt and hooks when his foot slipped on the pole and he fell onto a branch, resulting in a cut to his neck. | |||||
| 2017-09-18 | Loxahatchee | Florida | DAVIS H. ELLIOT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was descending from a power pole when he fell, injuring his back and breaking his right foot. His safety belts were removed at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2016-10-19 | Garyville | Louisiana | Mistras Group, Inc | Multiple body parts | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was driving a golf cart when he lost control and flipped the vehicle. The employee sustained a broken collar bone, five broken ribs, and pulmonary contusions. A safety belt was not worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2016-02-15 | Evanston | Illinois | Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was working after the store closed. He was using a reach truck to remove a vanity from a pallet that was stored in an overhead rack. He stepped backwards off the operator platform and fell approximately three feet to the ground level fracturing his collarbone. The safety belt and lanyard were not worn at the time. | |||||
| 2015-06-09 | Niagara Falls | New York | Time Warner Cable Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee hooked an extension ladder onto a main overhead cable line and climbed up the ladder. His task was to replace a secondary cable going from the main cable over the sidewalk to a house. When he cut the old cable, which had tension in it, the cable swung, hit the ladder, and knocked the employee off the ladder to the sidewalk 18 feet below. The employee was wearing a safety belt and lanyard. The lanyard was not attached to the main cable at the time of the incident. | |||||