Incident date: 2015-03-18
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was descending a 28-foot ladder when a gust of wind knocked the ladder off of the cable. The ladder has a hook at the end, and the employee had the ladder hook on the cable. The hook knocked his ladder off of the cable strand. He broke his leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate