Incident date: 2022-11-09
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee had completed a duct leakage test in an attic. While they were descending the attic access ladder from the attic platform, the frame of the ladder detached and collapsed under him, causing him to fall to the floor below. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae of the lower back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate