Incident date: 2024-12-12
NAICS industry code: 541519

An employee was halfway up a ladder removing ceiling tiles to run data cables. They fell from the ladder to the floor and sustained a compression fracture to their T12 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back  thoracic region
severity: moderate