Incident date: 2016-08-23
NAICS industry code: 238170

An employee fainted while on top of a ladder and fell approximately 10 ft. to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for fractured vertebrae, a fractured sternum, a fractured thumb, bruised lungs and bleeding in the brain.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate