Incident date: 2018-12-06
NAICS industry code: 515210

A field tech was working on a ladder on a service call when the messenger cable broke causing the employee to fall 20 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis, elbow and shoulder.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate