Incident date: 2024-12-18
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was on a 12-foot ladder assessing a faulty outlet on a light pole. The 220-volt outlet was loose and it touched his lower arm. The employee was shocked and thrown backward from the ladder, landing on his back 8 feet away. The employee was hospitalized with a compression fracture to their L1 vertebra with spinal canal stenosis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back  lumbar region
severity: moderate