Incident date: 2020-09-16
NAICS industry code: 611310

An employee was approximately 4 feet above the ground on a 6-foot A-frame ladder using a drill to remove screws from an air handling unit vent when the drill kicked back. The employee lost balance and fell backward onto a concrete ledge, suffering a fractured skull, forehead cut, fractured heel, and hematoma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate