Incident date: 2016-03-21
NAICS industry code: 517212

While climbing a cellular communication tower that was approximately 382 feet aboveground, an employee suffered an upper hernia tear in his abdomen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Climbing or stepping up or down-repetitive or prolonged
code_source: title: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
code_nature: title: Hernias due to traumatic incidents
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate