Incident date: 2025-08-27
NAICS industry code: 332813

An employee placed an aluminum step ladder beside a tractor trailer and was removing a piece of scrap aluminum from the trailer that resulted from a motor vehicle accident. While coming down the ladder, the employee fell approximately 6 feet to the concrete. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured T4 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back  thoracic region
severity: moderate