Incident date: 2024-03-07
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was descending an aluminum extension ladder with tools when he tripped and fell approximately eight feet to the ground, landing on rocks and a garden bed. He fractured two ribs and one vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate