Incident date: 2017-07-07
NAICS industry code: 221114

An employee was on a ladder servicing a solar heating unit when the ladder buckled and the employee fell approximately 10 to 12 feet to the ground, fracturing the L2 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate