Incident date: 2025-05-27
NAICS industry code: 517110

An employee was on an extension ladder working to replace a service line to a customer's home. The existing service line broke, causing him to fall off the ladder. He was hospitalized with a dislocated elbow and fractures in his left wrist requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and elbow(s)
severity: moderate