Incident date: 2016-07-29
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was standing on the fourth rung of an extension ladder painting an interior wall when he slipped and fell off the ladder to the concrete floor, breaking a vertebra in his back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate