Incident date: 2018-04-17
NAICS industry code: 561720

An employee was descending a ladder to move from one roof level to another when the bottom of the ladder slipped out, causing him to fall from about the halfway point of the ladder to the lower roof level. He landed on his back and ruptured a disk.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Herniated discs
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate