Incident date: 2019-08-13
NAICS industry code: 331513

An employee was climbing down from the bottom rung of a portable ladder that was leaned against a segment of a caster on a transport car. While dismounting the ladder, the employee lost balance and fell approximately 3' 2" to the floor below. The employee was hospitalized with two fractured vertebrae in the back and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate