Incident date: 2023-04-24
NAICS industry code: 423930

On April 24, 2023, at 3:20 AM, an employee was working from a mobile ladder to clean a camera mounted on a sanitation truck. As the employee grabbed the truck to move the ladder sideways, the ladder tipped over, causing the employee to fall 10 feet. They were hospitalized for a shoulder fracture, torn spleen, and bruising to the brain.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries and injuries to internal organs
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate