Incident date: 2022-10-17
NAICS industry code: 238190

At 4:45 p.m. on October 17, 2022, an employee was installing shutters from the second-highest rung of an A-frame ladder. The ladder collapsed, and the employee fell about 5 feet. A window sill struck the base of the employee's skull during the fall, lacerating it. The employee was hospitalized.

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: Scalp
severity: moderate