Incident date: 2019-12-04
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee had taken a 32-foot extension ladder apart and was using it to put up a safety platform when the employee fell with the ladder 14 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken leg and facial contusion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate