Incident date: 2019-11-05
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was climbing down a 10-foot ladder. It slipped out from under him and he fell, landing on a 3-inch-diameter PVC pipe that was lying on the ground. He suffered six broken ribs and a punctured lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate