Incident date: 2016-09-16
NAICS industry code: 238220

On or about 9/16/2016, an employee was performing demolition work by cutting away metal ducts when suddenly the duct fell to where the employee was on a 12-foot ladder, knocking the employee to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs and a tailbone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate