Incident date: 2015-03-02
NAICS industry code: 238210

The injured employee was standing halfway up a fold-down attic ladder, receiving instructions on what materials/equipment would be needed to fully repair the attic heater. While descending the ladder, the employee missed a step, fell, and fractured a vertebra in the thoracic area of the back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Ladders, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thoracic region
severity: moderate