Incident date: 2025-06-13
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was on a ladder while installing an air barrier on a window when he fell approximately 20 feet off the ladder, through the second-floor window, and onto the ground. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures and paralysis of the lower extremities.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Paralysis, paraplegia, quadriplegia
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: moderate