Incident date: 2022-12-27
NAICS industry code: 721120

An employee was using a portable step ladder to repair ceiling tiles in a kitchen when he lost his balance and fell 3.5 feet off the ladder. The employee struck a metal table before landing on the floor, resulting in five rib fractures and a possible head injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate