Incident date: 2020-07-24
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was on a portable ladder changing out a compressor for an air handler. The ladder slipped and the employee fell to the ground about 5 feet below, suffering a spinal fracture in the lower back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate