A man installing overheard fibre communication cables in Woodbury, Long Island, New York, fell three to four metres on Friday when a basket retainer bolt or two came loose and either snapped or dropped out.
The man is employed by Frontier Communications, a work colleague is reported to have said: "I heard a loud bang, looked over and saw him holding on to the gate of the bucket and then fall."
The injured man was taken to hospital, but his injuries are apparently not serious enough to be considered ‘life changing’.
Vertikal Comment
In spite of receiving two independent messages on this incident, we are still not sure what occurred but are following up... In the meantime, checking the platform attachment should be part of the daily pre use check – before going up.
Eric_L
Fiber optics installation seems a very lax industry. Every time I see one (including the guy who installed it at my home 2 weeks back) No harness, no machine inspection, no cordoning off, just direct into it.
Eric_L
Fiber optics installation seems a very lax industry. Every time I see one (including the guy who installed it at my home 2 weeks back) No harness, no machine inspection, no cordoning off, just direct into it.