Incident date: 2023-01-10
NAICS industry code: 517311

An employee was on a extension ladder installing internet cable to a commercial customer's site. He fell approximately 15 feet off the ladder to the concrete below and sustained injuries to the right leg and knee, a laceration to the forehead, and a bruised right arm. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Knee(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate