Incident date: 2020-11-17
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was on an 8-foot A-frame ladder, drilling a pilot hole for a screw. He fell from the fifth rung of the ladder to the concrete floor 3-5 feet below, suffering head and sternum trauma and broken/bruised ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate