Incident date: 2017-02-22
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was removing a gutter from the wall of a residential structure and descending an 8-foot A-frame ladder when he missed the bottom two rungs and fell to the ground. He hit his head on a brick wall, sprained his back, and lost consciousness, requiring overnight hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate