Incident date: 2018-02-13
NAICS industry code: 517110

On February 13, 2018, an employee was climbing a ladder in order to disconnect a cable television service from the main line. The ladder shifted during the employee's ascent resulting in the employee falling to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right wrist requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate