Incident date: 2025-03-27
NAICS industry code: 921120

On March 27, 2025, a farm employee was on an orchard ladder in the greenhouse when a leg of the ladder slipped out and she fell approximately 7-8 feet. She struck her side on a greenhouse table before striking her head on the concrete ground. The employee sustained fractures to four vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: moderate