Incident date: 2017-05-14
NAICS industry code: 517110

An employee was climbing a ladder to check an aerial internet terminal. The ladder was against a telephone pole and the employee was on his way up to tie a safety strap around the pole and top of the ladder. The ladder slipped when the employee was more than halfway up, causing him and the ladder to fall to the ground. He suffered a broken right leg just above the ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate