Incident date: 2024-08-01
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was on a ladder troubleshooting an emergency light that was out in the ceiling. He removed a wire nut and a live wire sprung back, hitting his finger and shocking him. The employee jumped and fell off the ladder onto his back on the floor. He lost consciousness and sustained a head laceration and fractured vertebrae. He was wearing insulated boots and using insulated equipment.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Severe wounds, internal injuries and electrocution, electric shock
code_body: title: Body systems and other part(s) of body
severity: moderate