Incident date: 2015-07-09
NAICS industry code: 236118

An employee was on an A-Frame ladder installing a 20-pound piece of aluminum to a light fixture.  The ladder buckled and the employee fell from the second rung of the ladder to the floor, hitting the back of his head on the ground. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate