Incident date: 2015-03-17
NAICS industry code: 238160

After detaching a portable ladder from a rooftop, an employee fell from a ladder approximately 12 to 18 feet to the ground below. The employee suffered a broken right leg and fractured right elbow.

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: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate