Incident date: 2017-06-14
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was working in a stairwell to conduct drywall finishing. The employee placed one end of a plank on the landing and the other end in the rung of an extension ladder and climbed onto the plank. The employee then fell 16 feet to the ground, fracturing the left heel and lumbar spine.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-improvised staging
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate