Incident date: 2016-02-11
NAICS industry code: 515210

An employee was working on a residential cable connection outside while standing on an extension ladder. While the employee was descending, the base of the ladder slipped on ice, causing the ladder and employee to fall. The employee suffered lumbar and hip injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate