Incident date: 2021-05-24
NAICS industry code: 515210

An employee was climbing a 28-foot ladder on the side of a customer's home. The ladder shifted causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with rib fractures and lacerations to his head and hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate