Incident date: 2020-08-28
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee fell while trying to climb off a residential roof onto a fixed ladder attached to the service truck. The employee landed on the ground about 8 feet below and suffered a concussion and cracked vertebrae. Fall protection was not in use at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Roof edges
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate