Incident date: 2021-11-04
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was working on a 10-foot ladder to help install an air compressor pipe. The employee leaned down to pass a tool to another employee when the ladder slipped and the employee fell to the concrete floor below, resulting in a vertebrae injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries to bones, nerves, spinal cord, unspecified
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate