Incident date: 2024-05-23
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was framing columns while standing 3 feet high on a 6-foot step ladder. The employee lost his balance and fell to the ground landing on the hammer hook on his belt. The employee was hospitalized with a broken sacrum.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back  sacral region
severity: moderate