Incident date: 2022-07-07
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was using a ladder to cut down a dead wire that led to a residential home to prepare for water and sewer line work. The wire snapped back and pulled the employee off the ladder, causing them to fall 8 feet to the asphalt below and fracture their left wrist and elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and elbow(s)
severity: moderate