Incident date: 2017-05-01
NAICS industry code: 922160

After removing a pipe hanger from the ceiling, an employee was descending a fixed ladder when he misstepped and fell 11 feet to the concrete floor, breaking three vertebrae and requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate