Incident date: 2023-06-14
NAICS industry code: 515210

An employee was on an extension ladder replacing a cable drop when the utility pole that the ladder was leaning on snapped. The employee fell to the ground and sustained a right elbow injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate