Incident date: 2021-05-21
NAICS industry code: 335999

An employee was on top of a ladder pulling network cable through an open ceiling to wire for a security camera. The bottom of the ladder slipped out and the employee fell close to the wall. A large piece of crown molding was sticking out from the wall and the employee hit his head on it as he fell. The employee was rendered unconscious and was hospitalized for a head injury and a laceration above the right eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate