Incident date: 2015-08-19
NAICS industry code: 722211

An employee was climbing a 20-foot extension ladder to adjust boxes he had flung to the top of the wall when the ladder slipped. Both the ladder and employee fell down. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate