Incident date: 2016-06-29
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was working from an extension ladder to paint the side of a single-story residential home when he lost his footing, fell to the ground, struck his head on the concrete surface below, and sustained a head injury to the point of unconsciousness. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate