Incident date: 2015-08-11
NAICS industry code: 541330

An employee was on a ladder conducting telephone cable maintenance with the ladder resting against the telephone pole. The telephone cable broke and the employee fell 23 feet onto the concrete below resulting in broken ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate