Incident date: 2025-04-14
NAICS industry code: 325998

An employee was changing a light bulb from an 8-foot A-frame stepladder. The employee sustained an electric shock and fell from the ladder to the floor about 6 feet below. The employee suffered four broken ribs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate