Incident date: 2015-09-16
NAICS industry code: 423610

An employee was on a stepladder installing a sprinkler pipe in a stairwell. He was on the fourth rung of an 8 foot step ladder tightening a fitting when the wrench slipped causing him to fall over the railing to the lower level, then roll down the stairs, ending up two levels below his starting point. He was hospitalized with a concussion, five broken ribs and a punctured lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate