Incident date: 2025-02-07
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was removing an ice blockage in the downspout of a building when they fell approximately 16 feet from a ladder into a dumpster. The employee sustained multiple fractures to their vertebrae, nose, and orbital bone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate