Incident date: 2023-11-28
NAICS industry code: 562910

An employee was ascending a ladder to prepare a work area. A pipe and pipe hanger that was under insulation fell and knocked over the ladder, causing the employee to fall. The employee sustained a head injury, a laceration to the back of the head, and a spine fracture.

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