Incident date: 2019-07-17
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was standing on a 10-foot aluminum step ladder reaching through a ceiling hatch during maintenance on a unit. After placing his tools through the hatch he lost balance and fell to the floor. The employee sustained seven broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a spleen injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate