Incident date: 2025-06-17
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was working from a 4-foot A-frame ladder. The ladder twisted on the soft dirt it was standing on, and the employee fell to the ground, landing on his left side. He suffered broken ribs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate