Incident date: 2023-02-15
NAICS industry code: 221114

An employee was pushing electrical conduit through the eave of the house for solar circuits when their ladder moved, causing the employee to fall 15 to 20 feet to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to the nose, a tooth, and two thoracic vertebrae as well as an injury that required stitches on the face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate