Incident date: 2017-09-02
NAICS industry code: 238320

While climbing down a secondary ladder in a water tower, an employee fell approximately 30 feet to a platform, breaking two vertebrae, puncturing a lung, and breaking a foot. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate