Incident date: 2017-01-09
NAICS industry code: 722211

An employee was changing letters on a reader board while standing on an 18-foot extension ladder when he fell to the grassy ground below and landed on his back. He bruised his spinal cord and required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate