Incident date: 2020-09-28
NAICS industry code: 511110

Two employees were performing maintenance and repair on a press. Each one of them was standing on a ladder. One of them slipped on the third rung from the bottom of their ladder and fell about 3 feet, striking a protruding part of the press. The employee suffered broken ribs and a lacerated arm, and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate