Incident date: 2016-07-20
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was repairing cable lines at the top of a telephone pole. As he was climbing down the pole using the preinstalled pegs on the pole, he missed a step and fell 10-12 feet breaking both legs and an ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate