Incident date: 2023-02-14
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was on an 8-foot step ladder installing drywall in an HVAC shaft of a hotel under construction. The ladder kicked out and the employee fell through a duct chase. He was hospitalized with fractured vertebrae and a fractured heel.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate