Incident date: 2024-07-14
NAICS industry code: 518210

An employee was on a 28-foot extension ladder troubleshooting equipment at a residential property. While on the ladder, the strand cable supporting the extension ladder failed, causing the ladder and the employee to fall the ground and into the roadway. The employee sustained facial injuries and a dislocated left elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Dislocations
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate