Incident date: 2023-04-13
NAICS industry code: 531311

An employee was doing repair work in an apartment bathroom. While he was on a ladder scraping paint, he lost his balance and fell off the ladder. The employee struck the toilet, resulting in rib fractures and a punctured spleen and kidney. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate