Incident date: 2020-11-23
NAICS industry code: 713910

On November 23, 2020, an employee was reaching from a step ladder to trim a tree branch. The branch came off the tree, struck the ladder, and knocked the employee off the ladder. He fell to the ground and suffered broken ribs. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate