Incident date: 2019-11-22
NAICS industry code: 483113

An employee was climbing an extension ladder set up on a slope to install a surveillance camera when the bottom of the ladder slid out and the employee fell to the ground approximately 10 feet below. The employee sustained a fractured left ankle requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate