Incident date: 2022-03-12
NAICS industry code: 517210

On March 12, 2022, an employee was working from a ladder to service a customer's communication line. The pole broke, and the employee fell about 15-20 feet to the ground along with the ladder. The employee suffered facial fractures and bruising to his body. He 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: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate