Incident date: 2022-04-04
NAICS industry code: 517911

A Charter Communications service technician was at a customer's location installing a communications line between telephone poles. While descending a ladder, the technician's foot slipped off a rung and he fell approximately 10 to 14 feet to a paved surface. He landed on his back and fractured a vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate