Incident date: 2024-06-24
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was on an A-frame ladder pulling a wire through a conduit. The pressure caused the head to break from the fish tape, which caused the employee to lose his balance and fall approximately 5 feet, striking his head on the concrete. The employee sustained a brain bleed and injuries to the back of his head that required stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate