Incident date: 2019-09-04
NAICS industry code: 531311

An employee was power washing a building while on a 12-foot section of ladder taken from a fiberglass extension ladder. The employee fell off the ladder and sustained broken ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate