Incident date: 2021-12-09
NAICS industry code: 562910

On December 9, 2021, an employee was descending a 24-foot extension ladder when the ladder slid out from under the employee and the employee fell approximately 10 feet to the concrete ground. The employee suffered fractured vertebrae and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate