Incident date: 2019-05-08
NAICS industry code: 811192

An employee was on an A-frame ladder while trying to loosen a nut from the top of the boom arm of a car wash. The employee was putting force on the wrench when the ladder tilted to its side and the employee fell five feet to the ground. The employee suffered a broken collar bone, nine broken ribs, and a punctured lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate