Incident date: 2022-03-31
NAICS industry code: 236118

An employee was climbing an extension ladder on a garage. He hit his knee and fell onto stone 12 feet below. He suffered two broken thoracic vertebrae, lacerations to the back, a damaged lung, and paralysis of the legs. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate