Incident date: 2023-07-31
NAICS industry code: 561710

An employee was on a ladder accessing an elevated surface on the inside of a customer's residence. The base of the ladder moved, causing the employee to fall 6-8 feet from the ladder to ground level. The employee sustained a forehead laceration and bruising to the back of the neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts and abrasions or bruises
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate