Incident date: 2022-11-10
NAICS industry code: 515210

An employee was standing on a ladder to replace a cable line from a pole to a residential property. They were hooked to the old cable line when the line snapped, causing the employee to fall approximately 12 feet to the ground. They sustained a skull fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate