Incident date: 2022-10-11
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was descending a cell phone tower when their chest device stopped and the force broke the rope. The employee fell and struck the ice bridge of the tower, resulting in a broken left femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Telecommunications and cell phone towers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate