Incident date: 2018-07-06
NAICS industry code: 722211

An employee used a 6-foot step ladder to pull a box of sanitizers from a shelf that was approximately 8 feet above the floor. He worked from the 3rd step of the step ladder to place a box on the shelf. He fell from the ladder, hitting his head on equipment and the floor. He suffered contusions, cuts, and lacerations to his forehead and other areas of his head, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Cuts and abrasions or bruises
code_body: title: Multiple head locations
severity: moderate