Incident date: 2024-07-17
NAICS industry code: 423730

An employee was on a ladder taking a sign down from the front of the building and fell approximately 15 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained a fractured sternum, five broken ribs and punctured lungs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Multiple internal chest locations
severity: moderate