Incident date: 2019-05-21
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was climbing up a 24-foot extension ladder to paint the top portion of a building when the ladder slid backwards, causing him to fall on the concrete floor. He suffered fractured ribs and a fractured skull, as well as a broken back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate