Incident date: 2024-08-21
NAICS industry code: 423310

An employee was climbing an extension ladder when he slipped and fell off the ladder to the ground. He was hospitalized with broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a brain bleed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate