Incident date: 2019-02-21
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was working from a 10-foot ladder, cutting into a copper line. A blast of pressurized air was released from the line and the employee fell, landing on the concrete floor 8 feet below. He suffered injuries to the head, back, and spine.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate