Incident date: 2016-10-06
NAICS industry code: 517110

An employee was working from a ladder to remove an aerial drop from a line as part of a U-Verse installation job. The employee slipped and fell approximately 18 feet from the ladder, suffering rib and pelvic fractures and bruised lungs. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate