Incident date: 2019-04-21
NAICS industry code: 325211

An employee changed the gasket on top of a reactor and was descending from the top of the reactor (20 feet above ground) on a fixed ladder. At around 5 feet, the employee slipped and fell off the ladder, hitting the ground. The employee suffered a fractured L4 vertebra and a compressed disc.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate