Incident date: 2022-07-19
NAICS industry code: 238350

An employee was descending an extension ladder after installing tape on house wrap around a second-floor window. He fell off the ladder and landed on the ground about 10 feet below, landing on dirt and gravel and suffering a fractured lower-back vertebra.

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: Lumbar region
severity: moderate