Incident date: 2017-07-21
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was climbing a fiberglass extension ladder tied above to a stanchion post. While moving off of the ladder onto the roof, the employee's foot slipped on the roof deck and his hand slipped off of the ladder resulting in a fall. The employee suffered fractured ribs, vertebrae in the neck and a concussion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Roof edges
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Head, neck, and trunk
severity: moderate