Incident date: 2016-07-05
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was performing duct work demolition from an extension ladder approximately 15 feet off the ground. The ladder feet slipped and the employee fell from the ladder, which then fell onto the employee. The employee suffered a dislocated shoulder and head/arm lacerations, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Dislocation of joints
code_body: title: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: moderate