Incident date: 2018-12-19
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was climbing a 24-foot extension ladder to get to the roof of a new one-story house when he lost his balance and fell to the ground. He sustained a fractured left wrist and dislocated left shoulder. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate