Incident date: 2023-02-03
NAICS industry code: 531110

An employee was climbing an extension ladder, set against a light pole, to change a light bulb that was 12 to 15 feet above the ground. The ladder fell to the ground and the employee landed on it, suffering two broken ribs and an injury to a lower back vertebra. He was hospitalized.

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: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate