Incident date: 2018-04-30
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was standing on a 6- to 8-foot A-Frame ladder to change curtains in an ICU hospital room when he lost his balance and fell.  He landed on a sitting chair that was next to his ladder, fracturing ribs on his upper right side and puncturing his lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate