Incident date: 2019-05-08
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was on a ladder that was leaning against a pole to disconnect cable TV from a client's house. The pole the ladder was leaning on broke at the base and the employee and the ladder fell to the ground. The employee sustained four broken ribs and a bruised lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate