Incident date: 2016-03-10
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was working from a mid-stand ladder that was hooked to a cable when the cable broke. The employee fell to the ground and suffered lower vertebrae fractures, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate