Incident date: 2018-01-02
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was spray painting polyurethane onto a tank from an extension ladder. The ladder slipped on wet paint, causing the employee to fall approximately 5 to 6 feet onto the concrete below. He suffered a head laceration, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate