Incident date: 2017-05-15
NAICS industry code: 921190

An employee climbed a portable extension ladder (approximately 14 feet) to inspect and photograph a water line valve. The ladder slipped and fell, causing the employee to hit the concrete floor below. The employee suffered a broken left wrist and shoulder blade, a sprained or broken left ankle, and a nose injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate