Incident date: 2017-05-15
NAICS industry code: 621112

An employee was securing a cabinet to the wall. He had one foot on a ladder and the other on a shelf so he could reach the top of the new cabinet. The shelf anchor failed, causing the cabinet and employee to fall approximately 42 inches. He suffered contusions to the right flank, a right rib fracture, and hip pain and needed right arm stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate