Incident date: 2018-09-01
NAICS industry code: 452990

An employee was on a 6-foot step ladder pulling a box out from under three other boxes on a shelf when she lost her balance and fell approximately 5 feet, hitting the shelves and floor. She was hospitalized with a head contusion, right hand laceration, right ankle sprain, and neck and back strain.

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