Incident date: 2015-06-12
NAICS industry code: 517210

An employee who had climbed a ladder to service communication equipment on a pole 18' above the ground was attacked by wasps. During his rapid descent down the ladder, he lost his footing and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken leg and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate