Incident date: 2023-02-26
NAICS industry code: 424490

An employee was using a 7-foot step ladder to place a switch on the back of warehouse equipment using a hand drill. After finishing, the employee began descending the ladder and missed the last step, falling onto a protruding metal hinge. The employee sustained right ribcage and back injuries.

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