Incident date: 2025-08-08
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was climbing a 15-foot fixed ladder in a control room to check on an HVAC control on the roof. The employee's head struck a protruding obstruction, causing the employee to lose balance and fall to the concrete about 5 feet below. The employee landed on their back and neck and suffered a broken neck vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Fixed ladder or fire escape
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
severity: moderate