Incident date: 2017-12-14
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was descending a ladder from a roof when it began to slide sideways. He dismounted the ladder at a height of about 10 to 12 feet and landed with his right foot on the concrete pad below, suffering a compression fracture to the right leg above the knee and below the hip. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate