Incident date: 2016-09-12
NAICS industry code: 311812

An employee was fixing a hunting tree stand on the business owner's property. He was standing on a ladder tightening a strap with a ratcheting tool. The strap broke as he was tightening it, causing him to lose his balance and fall approximately 6 feet to the ground. He was hospitalized with fractured vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate