Incident date: 2023-09-13
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was working at a construction site and was exiting a concrete sub-grade tank via an extension ladder. Their foot became caught on the ladder, causing the employee to fall approximately 12 feet back into the tank, landing feet-first. The employee sustained fractures to the left ankle, right ankle, and the L2 vertebra.

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: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate