Incident date: 2025-08-12
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was working from a ladder, installing light fixtures. The employee was shocked and fell from the ladder to the floor about 6 feet below, striking their head and back. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to the head and broken vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: moderate