Incident date: 2016-08-01
NAICS industry code: 238220

On 08/01/2016, an employee was working on a 12-foot ladder gluing PVC pipe onto the ceiling when a brace on the ladder broke, causing the employee to fall 12 feet to the floor. The employee suffered broken ribs and a fractured pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate