Incident date: 2025-08-27
NAICS industry code: 339999

An employee was climbing an 8-foot ladder to clean windows on a house. The employee was reaching to the right when they lost their balance and slipped. The employee fell and their foot became caught in the ladder rungs, causing both the employee and the ladder to fall to the ground. The employee sustained a fracture to the right leg requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate