Incident date: 2022-08-25
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was setting floor joists on a mezzanine that was being constructed inside a lumber warehouse. While transitioning to an eight-foot step ladder, the employee fell 12 feet, landing on the concrete floor below. They were hospitalized for head trauma, pulled tendons in the left shoulder, a shoulder dislocation, and torn ligaments. Fall protection was not worn at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate