Incident date: 2019-09-24
NAICS industry code: 517110

An employee was installing cable along the exterior of a residential building from a 24-foot extension ladder. The ladder twisted and the employee fell about 10 feet to the ground, suffering a facial laceration and foot, back, and upper torso/rib injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate