Incident date: 2019-09-24
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was climbing a portable ladder. The ladder slipped and the employee fell onto a shovel 4 or 5 feet below, suffering bruised ribs and a partially collapsed right lung. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate