Incident date: 2019-09-24
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was helping another employee troubleshoot a ceiling-mounted VAV box on a 6-foot step ladder. He was shocked and fell about 3 feet to the floor, suffering back injuries. He was hospitalized.

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: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate