Incident date: 2020-06-30
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was standing on a 12-foot ladder, cutting a 3-inch water pipe. When he cut it, the pipe swung down and knocked the ladder out from under him. He fell to the ground about 9 feet below, landing on the ladder and suffering rib, lung, and hip damage.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate