Incident date: 2018-03-14
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was coming down a ladder after inspecting a roof and was four rungs from the bottom when he lost his footing and fell to the ground. He landed on his buttocks and hurt his lower back, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate