Incident date: 2025-04-24
NAICS industry code: 325520

An employee fell from the top of a fixed ladder, passing through the ladder's access opening and landing on the floor about 6-7 feet below. He suffered nine broken ribs (four on the left side and five on the right), as well as a punctured lung. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Fixed ladder or fire escape
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Multiple internal chest locations
severity: moderate