Incident date: 2016-10-07
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was on an upper platform of power-producing machinery checking the phase rotations on the fan motors. While descending a fixed ladder to come down from the upper platform, the employee fell off a lower rung approximately 4 feet to the floor below. The employee suffered a bruised left leg and back pain.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate