Incident date: 2016-07-25
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was validating the work progress at the jobsite when he picked up an available aluminum ladder and climbed to the roof of the business. As he started descending the roof using the ladder, he lost his footing and fell 15 feet to the asphalt pavement below, injuring his right side and head.

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: Head and trunk
severity: moderate