Incident date: 2025-08-20
NAICS industry code: 238320

On August 20, 2025, an employee was working from a telescopic ladder to paint when the ladder broke in half. The employee and the ladder fell, striking the injured employee who was on the ground. The injured employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Co-worker, supervisor  current
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate