Incident date: 2020-10-20
NAICS industry code: 238170

An employee was on a 15-foot ladder to remove a rain gutter pipe. He missed a rung as he descended the ladder and fell backward. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate