Incident date: 2017-07-11
NAICS industry code: 481111

An employee was climbing an A-frame ladder to perform aircraft maintenance lubrication when the employee took a wrong step on the ladder and fell to the ground, breaking five ribs and puncturing a lung. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate