Incident date: 2022-02-14
NAICS industry code: 524210

An employee was conducting an inspection of a residential roofing system. The employee climbed up the ladder and reached the roof's landing surface when the ladder broke and the employee fell to the ground, resulting in fractured ribs, a lower back injury, and an injury to the right elbow that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate