Incident date: 2020-04-29
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was standing 8 to 10 feet up on a ladder inside a water tank applying tank coating when the employee fell to the metal bottom of the tank. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae, broken ribs, and a punctured neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate