Incident date: 2023-06-29
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee and a co-worker put a 16-foot extension ladder on top of a baker scaffold to paint on a wall in a foyer approximately two stories high. As the employee was standing on top of the ladder, it shook the scaffold and the ladder then toppled over, causing the employee to fall head first onto the tiled floor and sustain a head injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate