Incident date: 2018-10-23
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was installing flashing on a 19th level balcony when he lost his balance and fell backwards off the fourth rung of a ladder, hitting the balcony landing and fracturing his lower vertebra. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate