Incident date: 2025-04-14
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was on an 8-foot stepladder pulling electrical wiring. The wire broke, causing the employee to lose balance and fall to the ground. The employee sustained a broken ankle and compression fractures to their lower back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other lower extremities
severity: moderate