Incident date: 2018-04-07
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was working from a straight ladder putting the cover on a junction box while another employee braced the ladder. The foot of the ladder slid out and dropped the employee 3 to 4 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a concussion and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Straight ladders
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate