Incident date: 2024-04-26
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was standing on the fourth or fifth rung of a double-sided, 8-foot ladder and handing a duct up to another employee when the leg of the ladder broke and he fell to the concrete floor, landing on his side and head. The employee was hospitalized with five cracked ribs, a contusion and laceration to the skull, and a bruised lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate