Incident date: 2020-05-07
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was working from an extension ladder at the edge of a high-ceilinged room. The ladder's feet slipped on the floor and it fell; the employee fell with it and landed on the concrete floor, also striking the ladder itself on the way down. The employee suffered a broken right femur, a broken right elbow, and lacerations to both legs, and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate