Incident date: 2024-09-23
NAICS industry code: 517410

An employee was climbing up a fixed wooden access ladder to the ceiling of a residential house. One of the ladder rungs failed, causing the employee to fall to the ground. He sustained a spiral fracture to his left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Fixed ladder or fire escape
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate