Incident date: 2016-07-29
NAICS industry code: 623110

An employee was climbing up on the roof with a 10-foot extension ladder while carrying a box of air conditioner filters when the ladder shifted, causing him to fall about 6 feet to the ground. He suffered a muscle strain and bruising in his right shoulder 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: Strains
code_body: title: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: moderate