Incident date: 2023-10-13
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was preparing to paint a wall at a residential site. As he was climbing an extended ladder with a bucket to get to the roof, the employee fell approximately 10 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained two lower back fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate