Incident date: 2016-03-23
NAICS industry code: 238210

On or about 3/23/2016, at approximately 9:30, an employee was working from a 15-foot fiberglass extension ladder to install satellite TV cable at a residential home. The employee was drilling holes to install clips that hold the cable to the side of the building. While working from the ladder, the employee fell approximately 15 feet to the concrete below, suffering injuries to both legs/feet that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate