Incident date: 2016-08-03
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee on a ladder was applying flashing to a roof that was 17 feet high when the flashing ignited. The employee dismounted from the ladder and fell to the ground, fracturing the tailbone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Coccygeal region
severity: moderate