Incident date: 2020-07-22
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was climbing an extension ladder to install plumbing test plugs on a second level. Once the employee had ascended to the top of the ladder, it collapsed and the employee fell to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized with spinal injuries and broken bones in his feet.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries to bones, nerves, spinal cord
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate