Incident date: 2017-01-12
NAICS industry code: 339950

An employee was installing a sign for a newly constructed gas station and was using a 14-foot extension ladder along with some hand tools. When he began to descend the ladder, it slid to the side. He then fell 12 feet to the ground below and injured his back, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate