Incident date: 2021-11-24
NAICS industry code: 531312

An employee was on a ladder, repairing a hot water heater. On opening the control panel, the employee was burned by hot water that had leaked into the panel. The employee fell from the ladder to the floor 4 feet below, suffering a broken left ankle as well as second-degree burns to the chest.

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