Incident date: 2016-03-22
NAICS industry code: 423330

An employee was ascending a 32-foot ladder to deliver roofing supplies at a two-story home. Once he stepped off of the ladder onto the leading edge of the roof, his foot gave out, and he fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with a left tibia fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Roof edges
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate