Incident date: 2017-08-11
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was standing on an extension ladder while affixing flashing around a door frame. When the employee attempted to drill into the flashing, the ladder slid and one of the rungs came down on top of the employee's right knee, injuring it and requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate