Incident date: 2019-12-03
NAICS industry code: 238170

An employee was trimming flashing around a drip edge with an electric nipper while on an extendable ladder when he lost balance and fell 11 to 12 feet onto a prepped gutter on the ground. He was hospitalized with broken bones to the top of the left foot, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate