Incident date: 2024-06-05
NAICS industry code: 334220

An employee was running power into a conference room to install a new television while standing on the fourth rung of a ladder. The employee touched an exposed wire while looking at the junction and was shocked. The shock caused the employee to fall from the ladder. They sustained a concussion, a fractured collarbone, a brain bleed, and shock burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate