Incident date: 2023-01-10
NAICS industry code: 441310

An employee was on a step ladder retrieving a new automotive radiator from a stock room shelf. While descending the ladder, he missed the second step from the bottom and fell back. The employee struck his head and neck on the shelving behind him and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate