Incident date: 2023-08-17
NAICS industry code: 524291

An employee was using a 16-foot ladder to descend from a second-story roof to a porch roof after completing an inspection. As the employee stepped back onto the ladder, they fell, landing on the porch roof. The employee then rolled off the porch roof and landed on their feet on the ground. They were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate