Incident date: 2017-06-08
NAICS industry code: 722513

An employee was climbing a ladder to contact a contractor who was on the roof when he lost his footing and fell approximately 8 feet to the ground. He suffered an open fracture to his lower right arm and right wrist, temporary partial paralysis of both lower limbs, and L1 and L3 vertebrae fractures. He required surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries to bones, nerves, spinal cord
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate