Incident date: 2025-05-30
NAICS industry code: 238210

On May 30, 2025, an employee was on an 8-foot self-supporting ladder while inspecting electrical wiring in an emergency light fixture. The employee contacted energized electrical wiring, was shocked, and fell approximately 6 feet to the floor. He sustained third-degree burns to the second and third fingers of his left hand, and sustained burns to the second finger of his right hand. Due to the fall, he sustained a fractured skull and a fractured T3 vertebra. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate