Incident date: 2016-05-10
NAICS industry code: 517919

An employee repairing teleworking communication lines fell approximately 12 to 13 feet from a ladder to the concrete below, suffering a major head injury that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate