Incident date: 2016-04-02
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was working from a 6-foot step ladder while using a screw gun to install a panel cover. He lost his footing, knocked the ladder from beneath himself, and fell to the ground, landing on top of the ladder. He suffered a head laceration and wrist injury, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate