Incident date: 2023-09-07
NAICS industry code: 332919

A maintenance employee had just finished replacing a part on a blast machine. As they were descending the machine s 8-foot fixed ladder, the employee missed the ladder rung, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee sustained three rib fractures that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate