Incident date: 2017-11-12
NAICS industry code: 444220

An employee was on a 12-foot extension ladder installing a client's Christmas decorations when the ladder slipped. He fell 6 feet to the ground, fracturing his left hand and left foot and suffering trauma to his right foot. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate