Incident date: 2015-07-14
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was inspecting the roof.  As he was coming down the ladder, he lost his grip or his footing and fell 11 feet to the landing below and then continued to fall down the stairs for another four or five feet. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate