fall from height
Drop from elevation
A fall from height is a descent from an elevated position, typically resulting in injury or death.
The phrase appears most often in workplace safety contexts and accident reports: The construction worker died from a fall from height.
Falls from height are among the leading causes of occupational fatalities.
The phrasing emphasizes the danger of the elevation itself rather than what someone fell onto.
- plummetRapid downward descent
- dropFall or release
- tumbleUncontrolled rolling descent
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- vertigoSensation of spinning
ledge · window ledge · cliff · abyss · freefall · descend · crash · hit the ground · splat · death drop · dizzy · look down · scaffold · ladder · rooftop · bungee · take the plunge · skydive
fall from heightcontrolled descent
Intentional, regulated falling
rappel · abseil · climb down · parachute · step down
fall from heighthold position
Keep current placement
stand firm · stay put · stay grounded · hover · perch
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