Incident date: 2019-09-09
NAICS industry code: 238170

On September 09, 2019, an employee was installing window wrap from a 40-foot extension ladder when he fell about 15 feet to the ground. He suffered fractures to his right shoulder blade, ring finger, and lower back and a laceration to the right side of his face. He was hospitalized. The ladder's feet were not properly positioned 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: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate