Incident date: 2015-01-23
NAICS industry code: 325181

Employee was hospitalized after falling from a 27-inch stepladder he was using to work on a piece of equipment. The employee fell and struck a piece of metal on another machine, causing him to break one rib and puncture his lung. The employee was admitted to Springhill Medical Center on Friday January 23, 2015.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple internal chest locations
severity: moderate