Incident date: 2022-07-26
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was trying to hang a battery pack fixture. While removing an existing flex whip to check for the circuit tag number (and thus be able to de-energize the circuit), the employee was shocked and fell from the third or fourth rung of an 8-foot ladder. The employee suffered back pain and a head laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate