Incident date: 2018-10-25
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was climbing an extension ladder to access an HVAC system on a roof when he fell about 12 feet to the ground. He suffered a back and pelvis injury and was hospitalized; the pelvis injury required surgery. Gloves were being worn at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate