Incident date: 2022-06-03
NAICS industry code: 517311

An employee was on a ladder and the ladder was secured on a communications strand (flexible cable). He reached over to secure his safety harness and the ladder slid a bit causing him to fall about 15 feet to the ground. He sustained multiple injuries to his right leg, ankle, and foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate