Incident date: 2020-07-01
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was on a ladder painting the exterior of a house. The ladder was set on decorative rock that shifted and caused the ladder to slip. The employee fell five feet from the ladder onto the ground and rocks, sustaining a left elbow injury that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate