Incident date: 2022-06-14
NAICS industry code: 561790

An employee had been servicing a roof-mounted HVAC unit. The employee then descended a fixed ladder to retrieve some work products. While climbing back up the ladder, the employee fell 12-15 feet to the concrete floor, sustaining a fractured leg and having epoxy splashed in their face. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate