Incident date: 2021-09-21
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was using a portable ladder to descend into a shaft. Both side rails of the portable ladder snapped, causing the employee to fall approximately 22 feet to the concrete level below. The employee sustained lacerations on their head and multiple fractures to their hip and pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple pelvic region locations
severity: moderate