Incident date: 2025-08-04
NAICS industry code: 238320

On August 4, 2025, an employee was painting a residential house from an extension ladder when they went to grab a piece of wooden trim. The trim broke off and they fell approximately 12-15 feet to the back patio paver stones. The employee sustained a fractured right hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip joint(s)
severity: moderate