Incident date: 2019-02-27
NAICS industry code: 238170

An employee was using a 24-foot extension ladder to install gutters. The ladder kicked out and slid down the residential home's siding to the ground. The employee fell 15 feet and broke both wrists and sustained a head laceration requiring stitches.

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: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate