Incident date: 2025-05-06
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was cleaning an interior wall from the fourth rung of a 6-foot ladder when they fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their left wrist, two ribs (third and fourth ribs on the left side), and a punctured lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Multiple internal chest locations
severity: moderate