Incident date: 2019-05-14
NAICS industry code: 517110

An employee was performing a self rescue operation as part of his annual recertification as a tower climber. The employee attempted to lower himself to the ground using the release mechanism on his climbing equipment.  When he was approximately 8 feet off the ground, he fell to the ground and landed on his back, fracturing his vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate