Incident date: 2018-07-22
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was standing on an extension ladder 16 feet above ground and pulling wire through a conduit when the wire broke, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the concrete floor. He broke his left and right heels, as well as his L3 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate