Incident date: 2017-02-10
NAICS industry code: 424420

An employee was emptying trash into an outside dumpster. He climbed a ladder to stomp down the trash. While he was getting back onto the ladder from the dumpster, he lost his footing and fell to the ground below, injuring his back and head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate