Incident date: 2018-10-03
NAICS industry code: 524291

On October 3, 2018, an employee stepped down onto an extension ladder from a roof and lost his balance. He fell about 8 feet onto a front porch's wooden rail, then onto the ground. He suffered four broken ribs and scraped his arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate