Incident date: 2019-12-05
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was installing a new garage door opener. He was working from an extension ladder, which was leaning against the garage door; the door unexpectedly opened and he fell about 14 feet to the ground and landed on his buttocks. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Pelvic region, unspecified
severity: moderate