Incident date: 2018-07-10
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was installing house wrap tape while working from a 300-pound-rated, 28- to 32-foot fiberglass extension ladder, which had filler lumber material elevating and supporting one side of the base ladder side rails to level the ladder base. During the house wrap taping operation, the ladder and employee fell an estimated 20 feet. The employee suffered wrist, elbow, arm, and rib fractures, as well as lacerations to the kidney and face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate