Incident date: 2023-09-25
NAICS industry code: 238170

An employee was installing vinyl siding on a one-story garage from a plank supported between ladder jacks. The employee placed a 4-foot step ladder on the scaffold plank to install the last piece when they fell 10 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained a crush injury to the L2 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-improvised staging
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate