Incident date: 2023-08-15
NAICS industry code: 332321

Two employees had just removed a second-story window from the interior of a home and were exiting through the opening. As the injured employee maneuvered down a ladder that was placed against the home, the ladder slid out from the bottom. The injured employee fell to the ground and sustained a rib fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate