Incident date: 2019-07-29
NAICS industry code: 517110

An employee was installing a communication main line drop from an extension ladder and fell 15 feet to the ground, suffering a fractured vertebra that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate