Incident date: 2021-03-03
NAICS industry code: 423820

An employee was working from a 6 ft. stepladder removing wiring from a suspended ceiling. The employee fell from the third rung of the ladder, approximately 3 feet, to the tile floor, resulting in 3 broken ribs and a hip fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate