Incident date: 2022-01-26
NAICS industry code: 561720

An employee was working from a ladder washing windows when its legs began to move and it slipped away from the building. The 22-foot ladder fell; the employee fell to the ground, landing on his feet and then falling over. He suffered a crushed vertebra, two broken vertebrae, and a broken left ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate