Incident date: 2024-10-28
NAICS industry code: 722110

An employee was on an A-frame ladder cleaning walls. They were stepping from the sixth rung to the seventh rung when the ladder collapsed. The employee fell onto the ladder, resulting in a punctured lung and a sprained ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Lung(s), pleura
severity: moderate