Incident date: 2017-09-18
NAICS industry code: 448110

An employee was standing on a ladder while removing shelves stored on top of a pallet racking system. The employee had placed a foot on a box for balance when the box collapsed. The employee then fell 12 feet, requiring hospitalization for fractured ribs and vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate