Incident date: 2020-10-15
NAICS industry code: 517110

A service technician was on a ladder repairing an aerial telephone cable at a customer's home. While descending the ladder, the technician fell approximately 5 feet to the ground and broke his left wrist.

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