Incident date: 2024-09-13
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was utilizing an 8-foot fiberglass step ladder to run electrical wires through piping in a second-floor hallway and fell approximately 5 feet to the floor below. The employee sustained injuries to the face, wrist, and ribs, and was hospitalized.

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