Incident date: 2016-03-22
NAICS industry code: 423730

An employee had been working on a 12- to 14-feet-high roof and was descending an extension ladder. The ladder was tied off and extended 3 feet above the roof at the time. The ladder slipped out from underneath the employee when he was at the top, and he fell 12 to 14 feet, suffering a hairline fracture of the pelvis and a broken pinky finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate