Incident date: 2019-12-12
NAICS industry code: 238190

An employee was performing remedial concrete work on a wall from an extension ladder. The ladder slid out from beneath him and he fell approximately 8 feet to the ground below. He broke his left wrist and suffered contusions to his left ribs, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate