| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-29 | Caldwell | Id | CenturyLink | Heel(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was working at mid-span between two telephone poles (that is, on a ladder set between the poles and designed to fit between them). The ladder slipped and the employee fell to the ground about 12 feet below, landing on his feet and shattering both heels. | |||||
| 2021-06-21 | Pineville | La | McFarland Cascade/ Stella Jones | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was guiding a tram cart that was holding telephone poles when a pole rolled off the tram onto the employee's left foot and crushed it. | |||||
| 2018-07-12 | Mentone | Texas | Powersecure Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| Employees were rolling telephone poles off a trailer. As a pole came off the truck, it landed on an employee's leg, breaking his tibia. | |||||
| 2018-06-26 | Fort Pierce | Florida | Precast Specialties LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. |
| An employee was placing dunnage between concrete telephone poles. A pole was lowered onto another pole by crane, and the tip of the employee's right index finger was crushed. | |||||
| 2015-05-04 | Justin | Texas | Bridgeport Tank Trucks, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Vehicle struck object or animal on side of roadway |
| An employee driving a tanker truck veered off the road and hit a fence, two telephone poles, and a tree. His truck was empty and going to another lease to load up when the accident occurred. | |||||