Incident date: 2015-07-27
NAICS industry code: 324110

An employee was ascending a steel fixed ladder.  The employee fell approximately 7 to 9 feet to the ground below. The total elevation change was 9 1/2 feet high.  The employee suffered a head laceration and broken bones and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate