Ladder falls a big cause of workplace injuries. Here’s how an Ontario man climbed back from a head injury – CBC

Mark Foster of Ingersoll had to learn how to walk and talk again after 2019 accident

Nov 03, 2025

When he first picked himself up off the ground after falling from a ladder on a job site six years ago, Mark Foster thought at worst he might be a bit sore for a few days.

Though he’d smacked his head after tumbling from a height of four metres, the then 44-year-old from Ingersoll, Ont., initially saw no reason to believe he’d suffered an injury that would soon have life-changing consequences.

“I didn’t lose consciousness or anything,” he told CBC News. “I got up and I brushed myself off. I set the ladder back up — got back to work.”

Ladder-related accidents continue to be a significant cause of workplace injuries in Canada.

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