Incident date: 2024-05-15
NAICS industry code: 517311

An employee was completing an installation of fiber optic service at a customer's residence. He was connecting a temporary aerial drop to a permanent buried install. The employee had climbed approximately 6-8 feet up a 24-foot extension ladder positioned on the middle of a pole when the ladder rolled causing him to fall. The employee sustained fractures to his clavicle, right wrist, and ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate