Incident date: 2017-07-05
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was carrying tools up an extension ladder when the ladder's feet began to slide back along the steel decking below. He lost his balance and fell approximately 7 feet to the steel decking, lacerating his right knee and breaking his right kneecap. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate