Incident date: 2019-01-23
NAICS industry code: 423330

An employee was on a ladder when it shifted backwards. The employee fell about 12 feet to the ground, suffering a broken right ankle and a closed compression fracture of a lower-back vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate