Incident date: 2025-08-19
NAICS industry code: 721120

An employee used a step ladder to get onto a metal countertop section in a kitchen to clean an area near the ceiling. When he stepped back down from the countertop and onto the step stool, he fell to the floor, striking the counter and ladder during the fall. The employee suffered fractured ribs and contusions on his left elbow and head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Tables, desks, work surfaces
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate