Incident date: 2020-05-18
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was on two ladders that were tied together to power wash the side of a house. As he was trying to reach the roof, the ladders collapsed and he fell four feet to the ground. The fallen ladders landed on top of him. The employee suffered multiple fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate