Incident date: 2023-06-05
NAICS industry code: 325412

An employee was using a 6-foot aluminum/fiberglass step ladder to change ceiling tiles when the ladder tipped over on its side, causing the employee to fall and impact a nearby wall and the ground. The employee sustained a back injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate