Incident date: 2024-12-12
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was installing sprinkler heads from a 10-foot A-frame ladder, working from the step below the top of the ladder. The employee was finishing the installation of the last sprinkler head when the ladder shifted as they reached overhead. They fell approximately 9 feet to the concrete floor, resulting in fractures to their left arm, wrist, tailbone, and back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate