Incident date: 2024-11-27
NAICS industry code: 238160

On November 27, 2024, an employee was stepping off a roof onto a ladder after completing a roof inspection. The ladder shifted and the employee fell approximately 7 feet to the pavement below. He was hospitalized with a lacerated spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Other digestive structures  n.e.c.
severity: moderate