Incident date: 2018-12-04
NAICS industry code: 444190

An employee was standing on a 10-foot extension ladder while winding a garage door spring.  The spring broke, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall off the ladder.  The employee suffered sprains in both hands and spinal compression fractures (L1-2 and T-12), requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple back regions
severity: moderate