Incident date: 2018-10-19
NAICS industry code: 512110

An employee was working from an extension ladder to hang drapes on second-floor level windows when he transferred from the ladder to a small plywood ledge. The ledge gave way and he fell backwards, landing on top of a folding table. The table then broke and the employee landed on the floor. His tape measurer was on his belt and it impacted his lower spine. He was hospitalized with a fractured coccyx.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Structural elements, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Coccygeal region
severity: moderate