Incident date: 2019-02-18
NAICS industry code: 811213

Employees were conducting a training exercise on rescuing employees at a cell tower. One employee, acting as the victim, was being brought down by another. The descending apparatus came down to the ground too fast. In the fall (about 15 feet), the employee acting as the victim broke both ankles and needed to be hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Telecommunications and cell phone towers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate