Incident date: 2024-04-29
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was installing low-voltage computer conduit in a 9-foot ceiling while working from an 8-foot A-frame ladder. The employee fell to the floor and sustained facial fractures and head injuries including subdermal hematomas.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate