Incident date: 2024-02-15
NAICS industry code: 334220

An employee was on a service call to install cable wiring. While working on a ladder that was leaning against a strand line, the strand line broke causing the employee to fall approximately 18 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained two fractures to the right arm, a fracture to the left arm, and a fractured pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate