Incident date: 2018-10-26
NAICS industry code: 325412

An employee was using a portable ladder to change ceiling tiles. While descending the ladder after changing a tile, the employee lost balance and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to the back of the head, several fractured ribs, and a contusion to the right hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate