Incident date: 2020-10-05
NAICS industry code: 238990

While erecting a scaffold, an employee was descending a clamp-on ladder when he fell approximately 20 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a dislocated shoulder and fractures to the toes, a  hip, and ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate