Incident date: 2025-03-26
NAICS industry code: 515210

An employee climbed to the top of a ladder at a customer's house. The ladder shifted and the employee fell 28 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a lung contusion and a right foot contusion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Lung(s), pleura
severity: moderate