Incident date: 2019-02-26
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was descending a 24-foot extension ladder when the ladder began to fall. The employee rode the ladder down and landed on his feet on the concrete ground resulting in a fracture to his right foot and a vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate