Incident date: 2023-11-30
NAICS industry code: 524126

An employee was inspecting a roof. He was beginning to descend the roof on a ladder when the ladder kicked out and he fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with five fractured ribs, a head laceration, and a tibia/fibula fracture, which required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate