Incident date: 2019-11-13
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was on an 8-foot step ladder wiring an LED light fixture when the employee received an electric shock and fell approximately 6 feet to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a head contusion, a hematoma to the posterior head with a small abrasion, a thoracic spine compression fracture, blistering to the right index finger, and an avulsion to the left index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate