Incident date: 2017-06-26
NAICS industry code: 517212

While on an extension ladder removing a cable drop, an employee fell approximately 12 feet off the ladder to the grass below, suffering a spiral fracture of the left tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate