Incident date: 2017-05-16
NAICS industry code: 515210

An employee and a coworker were installing a new cable line at a house. The employee climbed a ladder to cut the old dropline loose. While descending the ladder, the employee fell approximately 5 to 10 feet and hit the concrete sidewalk with the left side of the body. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate