Directv, LLC.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Apr 7, 2012: Employee receives injuries in fall from ladder

At approximately 5:00 p.m. on April 7, 2012, Employee #1 and a coworker were per forming tasks involved with improving the television signal of a satellite dish receiver on a residential building. After assessing the amount of work required to fix the signal, which they found to be extensive, they decided to reinstall t he dish. The reinstallation included modifying the satellite dish location and s tabilizing it. This work also necessitated that they repair and replace the old lines in four rooms. Employee #1 had just performed a site survey on the roof of the house, when he decided to back down the extension ladder from the roof to a ground level deck. He mounted the ladder, facing the eave, and stepped on the l adder with his left leg first and both hands on the ladder. As he descended, the ladder kicked out at the bottom. Employee #1 fell from the top of the ladder, w hich was approximately 9.08 ft, and landed on the deck. He sustained a strain of his left upper arm and shoulder and contusions on his face, scalp and neck in t he fall. Employee #1 was transported to a medical center. At the medical center, Employee #1 underwent treatment, after which he was released from the hospital. A causal factor in the accident was that the ladder was placed on the eave, at the natural low point of the roof; however, the metal gutter prevented the use o f ladder locks on the roof, which result in the top of the ladder not being secu red.

Incident on Jun 17, 2010: Employee is injured in fall from roof

On June 17, 2010, Employee #1 was installing/repairing a TV satellite system on a building's roof 7 ft 11 in. high. Employee #1 was utilizing personal fall prot ection but for some reason fell off the roof on to a concrete sidewalk. Employee #1 sustained fractures to his clavicle and three ribs. Employee #1 was hospital ized.