Incident date: 2016-02-26
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was trying to put plastic up on a building to protect it against the elements. The wind caught the plastic and knocked the employee off the 12-foot ladder. The employee suffered a hairline fracture of the lower back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate