Incident date: 2025-05-19
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was climbing down from a roof using a 20-foot fixed ladder. He was about 14 to 16 feet up the ladder, closing the roof hatch, when the hatch failed and he slipped and fell. He landed on the concrete floor, dislocated his left shoulder, and suffered injuries to his left elbow and right wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Fixed ladder or fire escape
code_nature: title: Dislocations
code_body: title: Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: moderate