Incident date: 2024-10-21
NAICS industry code: 531311

An employee was on an extension ladder to treat rust on an I-beam. The employee lost balance and fell approximately 18 feet from the third story to the concrete floor, striking the second floor on the way down. He sustained fractures to his L1, L2, and L3 vertebrae and a coccyx fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back  multiple regions
severity: moderate