Incident date: 2025-06-11
NAICS industry code: 238910

Two employees were working on an elevated work platform. While they were installing a fiberglass extension ladder into an empty sewage treatment clarifier, the platform fell, causing both employees to fall about 14 feet. One of them suffered fractures to the nose, a finger, ribs, and vertebrae. The other employee also sustained a fracture. Both employees were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: low