Incident date: 2017-05-04
NAICS industry code: 238170

An employee was on a ladder nailing a piece of siding into place when the employee slipped off the ladder and fell approximately 23 feet to ground below, sustaining broken ribs, collapsed lungs, broken vertebrae, a pelvic fracture, and left arm nerve damage.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate