Incident date: 2019-11-28
NAICS industry code: 446110

An employee was climbing a 32-foot extension ladder. When he was approximately 6 to 8 feet up, a 30 MPH gust of wind knocked him and the ladder down to the ground. He suffered a broken heel on the right foot and a fractured L1 lumbar spine.

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: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate