Comcast Cable

Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. — Fractures — SHREWSBURY, PENNSYLVANIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Comcast Cable in SHREWSBURY, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Comcast Cable Report ID 2022075945
Address 20 East Tolna Road City, State ZIP SHREWSBURY, PENNSYLVANIA 17361
Event Date July 8, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Lumbar region
Event Type Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. Source of Injury Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
Secondary Source Power lines, transformers, convertors
Industry (NAICS) 515210 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 39.75000, -76.67000

Incident Narrative

An aerial drop cable had been attached to a pole and run across a residential street; an employee was across the road climbing a ladder to attach the cable at a house. A truck drove by and hit the cable, ripping it out of the employee's hand. The cable was still attached to the spool near the foot of the employee's ladder, and the spool pulled the ladder down. The employee fell 12-15 feet to the ground and suffered a broken lower-back vertebra.

Incident Summary

On July 8, 2022, a worker at Comcast Cable in SHREWSBURY, PENNSYLVANIA suffered fractures to the lumbar region. The incident was classified as pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c., with truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 166 severe injury reports involving "Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c." incidents in our database. Browse all Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. injuries.

See all reports for Comcast Cable.

Similar Incidents

Other severe injury reports involving Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. events:

Date Employer Location Nature Outcome
May 5, 2021 Yanfeng Automotive Interiors MC CALLA, ALABAMA Fractures Hosp.
May 20, 2023 Superpac, Inc. SOUTHAMPTON, PENNSYLVANIA Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Hosp.
May 4, 2023 Helmerich and Payne International Drilling Company MANSFIELD, LOUISIANA Fractures Hosp.
May 27, 2022 The Home Depot ORANGE, TEXAS Fractures Hosp.
Jun 30, 2021 Jordan Mechanical and Technical Corp. DAYTON, OHIO Fractures Hosp.
Jul 25, 2019 XPO Logistics KANSAS CITY, KANSAS Fractures Hosp.
Nov 3, 2022 Do Good Foods FAIRLESS HILLS, PENNSYLVANIA Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Hosp.
Sep 9, 2022 XPO Logistics Freight, Inc. RIVERTON, ILLINOIS Fractures Hosp.