Incident date: 2015-12-27
NAICS industry code: 53

An employee was working from a 20 foot extension ladder to apply bird repellant underneath of a store awning when he fell backwards approximately 15 feet and landed on his back. The fall caused a fracture to his spine in the mid to lower lumbar region.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate