Incident date: 2018-06-21
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was cutting a piece of copper from an exterior wall using a 10-foot A-frame ladder when he lost his footing and fell about 6 feet to the ground. He injured his spleen and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate