Incident date: 2019-05-10
NAICS industry code: 541330

An employee was accessing the area above a drop ceiling using a ladder. While he was ascending the ladder, it shifted and he lost his balance, falling approximately 4 feet. He struck a table and then landed on the floor, requiring hospitalization for fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate