Incident date: 2015-08-31
NAICS industry code: 336212

An employee needed to access a trailer to untangle a strap. While climbing a 4-foot ladder he lost his balance and fell to the floor, breaking a vertebra in his back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate