Incident date: 2016-04-25
NAICS industry code: 493110

As an employee was removing a tube from a box while standing on a stair ladder, the box came off the shelf, causing the stair ladder and employee to fall 9.5 feet to the lower level. The employee landed on a box and broke his left hip, left wrist, and several left-side ribs; cut his spleen; and fractured his back vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate