Incident date: 2025-03-07
NAICS industry code: 541350

An employee was assigned to assess and evaluate suspected wind and hail damage to the roof of a residential home. The employee was climbing a portable articulated ladder using both hands when the base of the ladder slipped out on the dormer platform. The employee and the ladder slid off the platform, continued sliding off the lower roof, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained two fractures to their left arm and six fractures to the left side of their ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Multipurpose ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate