Incident date: 2018-08-01
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee was on a step ladder working on a shaft drive for a cooling bed when he missed a step while coming down, falling backward and hitting his head on equipment or the ground. The injury required stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Open wounds, unspecified
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate