Incident date: 2017-02-16
NAICS industry code: 517212

An employee was climbing a communications tower when his hand slipped while he was reaching for a cable grab. His fall arrest system failed to engage and he fell to the platform below, injuring his L1 vertebra, breaking his left ankle, and shattering his right heel.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Telecommunications and cell phone towers
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate