Incident date: 2021-09-09
NAICS industry code: 238160

Employees were securing a 40-foot ladder to the trim of a building. The extension portion of the ladder descended, causing an employee on the ladder to fall to the ground 8 to 10 feet below. The employee suffered a shoulder and back injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Shoulder(s) and back
severity: moderate