Incident date: 2019-12-23
NAICS industry code: 721110

An employee was climbing a ladder to access a second-story roof. The ladder slipped/moved and the employee fell about 20 feet to the ground, suffering a lower back fracture.

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: Lumbar region
severity: moderate