Incident date: 2020-01-08
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was climbing a ladder that was approximately 27 feet high to the second roof of a commercial building when the employee slipped at the top of the ladder and fell from the second roof to the top of the first roof. The employee broke both ankles, the left tibia, and a heel.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate