Incident date: 2021-03-23
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was working from an extension ladder that was supported by a wooden bump pole. The pole broke at the bottom as the employee was approximately 28 feet in the air and the employee fell to the ground sustaining a compound fracture to a leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate