Incident date: 2017-01-26
NAICS industry code: 611310

An employee was climbing a fixed ladder to go from one roof section to an upper roof section and missed the top rung. The employee fell 14 feet to the lower roof and hit his head. The employee suffered cracked ribs and a lung contusion. The fixed ladder had a cage around it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate