Incident date: 2017-06-29
NAICS industry code: 712130

An employee had serviced an HVAC unit and was descending from a 4-foot step ladder when he missed a step and began to fall. In an effort to brace himself, he reached out and grabbed the HVAC unit's condensate pan, which sliced open his right hand and damaged the tendons.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate