Incident date: 2018-08-30
NAICS industry code: 517919

A technician was installing communication cables from a ladder. The ladder buckled and he fell about 15 feet, landing on a concrete floor. He suffered a skull fracture and was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate