Incident date: 2020-12-12
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was erecting a cell tower. The employee was moving from a tower leg to a cross-brace when he fell to the ground about 40 feet below, suffering leg and pelvis fractures and a punctured lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Telecommunications and cell phone towers
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate