Incident date: 2020-08-25
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was climbing an extension ladder. The ladder slid and the employee fell to the ground 4-5 feet below, suffering broken ribs and a closed fracture of the spine. The employee was hospitalized.

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: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate