Incident date: 2018-08-08
NAICS industry code: 531110

An employee lowered a ladder into a ventilation shaft to rescue a cat. The employee fell to the ventilation shaft floor while trying to get down the ladder, suffering a spinal compression.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries to spinal cord, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate