Telecommunications

Industry Summary

With recent employment losses of over -5.08%, The Telecommunications industry has been taking a real beating. The last reported numbers showed about 807,753 employees working within the industry which is a shocking decrease considering the numbers were reported at 850,976 in 2014. All told there are a total of 35,638 businesses in operation with the Telecommunications industry. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (103% more) the average for the Information Industry.

• Most Common Violations
• Recent Accident Reports

The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, June 28th 2019 by OSHA representitives in Ridgewood, NY after learning of an incident at Rise & Rise Wireless Inc. which had occured on the same day. A 18 year old man working as a Construction trade was killed on the job when the

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OSHA ID117549.015

Accident Date2019-06-28

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 7:30 p.m. on June 28, 2019, an employee was killed from a 145 ft. fall from a telecommunications tower.

On Thursday, September 13th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Holmdel, NJ which had occured previously at Hylan Datacom & Electrical Llc . A 60 year old Laborer had been killed when the

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OSHA ID109123.015

Accident Date2018-09-13

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 9:43 a.m. on September 13, 2018, an employee was standing in front of a concrete cutter when it ran over him. The employee was crushed beneath the vehicles front right tire, killing him.

OSHA investigators arrived in Merced, CA on Tuesday, September 11th 2018 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Pacific Bell Telephone Company Dba At&T Corp. which had occured on Wednesday, June 27th 2018. A 40 year old man working as a Telephone line installer was injured on the job when the

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OSHA ID109050.015

Accident Date2018-06-27

Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 12:00 a.m. on June 27, 2018, Employee #1 was working underground in a manhole, splicing telecommunication cable. The employee felt ill and passed out, possibly due to a heat-related illness.