Incident date: 2019-04-22
NAICS industry code: 517110

An employee was climbing up a 28-foot extension ladder to replace a cable wire when he missed a step, lost his balance, and grabbed onto a communication drop. The drop broke, causing him to fall  approximately 15 feet to the ground. He suffered two broken vertebrae and bruised his ribs and left shoulder.

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: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate