Incident date: 2015-03-17
NAICS industry code: 323115

An employee was installing a sign while working from an extension ladder. He reached behind the ladder to stick vinyl onto the wall. He slipped and fell approximately 8 feet from the ladder onto the ground, sustaining a concussion, fractured left leg, and cut on his right knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate