Incident date: 2015-01-30
NAICS industry code: 424510

The injured employee was working on the spreader applying dry fertilizer to the field.  He was performing maintenance.  He went up the ladder/staircase to the operator's cab to get the owner's manual.  He lost his balance and fell to the ground.  He was then hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Ladders, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate