Incident date: 2023-08-07
NAICS industry code: 238220

On August 7, 2023, at a one-story building, an employee was climbing down a 14-foot fixed ladder after recovering the refrigerant from an air conditioning unit. He fell off the ladder and landed on the concrete floor, suffering three broken ribs, a broken nose, a broken wrist, and a bruised lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate