Incident date: 2020-10-22
NAICS industry code: 442299

An employee climbed onto a 6-foot step ladder to place a box onto a metal shelf. As the box was being placed, the shelf slipped out of its post slots striking the employee and causing her to fall approximately 2 to 3 feet from the ladder onto the floor. The employee sustained a concussion and a possible cheek bone fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Multiple head locations
severity: moderate