Incident date: 2025-02-24
NAICS industry code: 423610

An employee was on a ladder while priming a centrifuge pump when the ladder slipped and they fell approximately 10 feet to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to their back, right tibia, and right fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other lower extremities
severity: moderate