Incident date: 2018-10-01
NAICS industry code: 453998

An employee was descending from a warehouse racking shelf to a 4-foot ladder. He fell past the ladder and landed about 7 feet below, on a trash can that had materials in it. He suffered two broken ribs and a punctured lung and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Shelves, shelving
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