Incident date: 2025-01-23
NAICS industry code: 339950

An employee was working on an 6-foot A-frame ladder and went to hand clamps to another employee on top of a walk-in sign about two feet away. The ladder fell over, causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee sustained a broken back and ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate