Incident date: 2019-09-12
NAICS industry code: 236220

Inside a building being renovated, an employee was working from a 12-foot A-frame stepladder while using a grinder to remove an air duct when the air duct swung down and struck the ladder. This caused the employee to fall to the concrete floor below, suffering a broken left pelvis/hip, left arm bone chip, and a cut above left eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate