Incident date: 2019-04-08
NAICS industry code: 531311

An employee was climbing a ladder into an attic while carrying HVAC supplies. The ladder slipped and the employee fell approximately 9 feet to the ground below. A jug of freon then landed on his head. He suffered a bruise on the left arm, pain/soreness in the hip and back, and a head injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Bottles, jugs, flasks
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate