Incident date: 2019-07-14
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was installing conduit in the ceiling area of a new school building utilizing a 12-foot A-frame ladder. The employee's legs got caught in the ladder rungs, causing the ladder and the employee to fall. The employee struck the floor and was hospitalized with cracked ribs and lacerations to the head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate