Incident date: 2016-10-13
NAICS industry code: 517510

An employee was on an extension ladder working on a cable TV system. The cable broke while he was climbing and the ladder shifted. The employee fell 12 feet landing on his right leg sustaining a compression fracture just above the ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate