Incident date: 2019-09-16
NAICS industry code: 322220

An employee was attempting to remove a panel cover on a cable tray while working from an 8-foot stepladder when he felt the ladder shift and lost his balance. He jumped off the ladder and hit the floor, suffering two broken ribs, two cracked vertebrae, a fractured wrist, and a concussion. He also required stitches above his right eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other jump to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate