Incident date: 2024-08-21
NAICS industry code: 424950

An employee was painting while standing on a second-floor ledge at a commercial building. As he stepped down onto a ladder, the ladder slipped. The employee fell to the concrete about 8 feet below and suffered an injury to the right side of his rib cage.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate