Incident date: 2020-12-17
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was repairing a gas tube heater from a 15-foot ladder leaning against the raised forks of a forklift. The ladder slipped out from under him and he fell about 10 feet, suffering a spine injury and a head wound that required stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate