Incident date: 2020-02-10
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was ascending a portable ladder attached to a telephone pole in order to replace a coaxial cable known as a "cable drop." The ladder was resting against the telephone pole and was connected to the base with a ladder strap. While climbing, the employee fell approximately 16 feet from the ladder to the ground and sustained multiple fractures to the lower limbs.

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: Lower extremities, unspecified
severity: moderate