Incident date: 2022-02-18
NAICS industry code: 238160

On February 18, 2022, an employee was climbing an 8-foot extension ladder to the roof of a one-story house. His feet got tangled with a lanyard attached to his harness, causing him to fall about 8 feet to the ground. He suffered a broken leg and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate