Incident date: 2019-08-29
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was descending from a transmission tower when he fell 25 feet to the ground, suffering a separated shoulder and L2 and L3 vertebrae injuries. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Telecommunications and cell phone towers
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Shoulder(s) and back
severity: moderate