Incident date: 2016-08-01
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was using a 12-foot step ladder when the pin on the ladders bracing broke causing him to fall to the ground. The employee suffered cracked ribs and a fractured coccyx.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate