Incident date: 2024-12-27
NAICS industry code: 531311

An employee was replacing a light fixture while on an 8-foot A-frame ladder on the second from the top rung when he was shocked and fell from the ladder. His head struck the metal work rest of a band saw before he landed on the ground. The employee sustained a head laceration, bruising, and bleeding to the back of the head. He was hospitalized for a brain bleed. The source of electricity was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate