Incident date: 2023-10-10
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was on a 10-foot ladder using a torque wrench to fix a 2-inch cast iron vent line on the ceiling. The employee fell to the concrete floor and was hospitalized with injuries including fractured cervical vertebrae, a concussion, broken ribs, torn ligaments in the left shoulder, and a dislocation and laceration of the left ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Head, neck, and trunk
severity: moderate