Incident date: 2024-01-16
NAICS industry code: 445110

On January 16, 2024, an employee was on the top step of a three-step ladder while retrieving a box of tomatoes from a kitchen shelf. The box handle tore, causing the employee to lose their balance and fall to the ground. The employee suffered fractures to their left shoulder, ribs and ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate