Incident date: 2022-06-15
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was using a multi-use type ladder to access the rooftop of a single-story single family residence to conduct a re-roofing cost estimate. The employee lost his balance/footing and fell 8 feet from the ladder to the ground below. The employee suffered rib fractures, a broken clavicle, and injuries to vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate