Incident date: 2025-04-08
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was working from an extension ladder to install an exterior receptable outlet on the soffit at a newly constructed home. They fell from the ladder to the ground and the ladder ended up on the ground also. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate