Incident date: 2023-05-18
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was climbing into a manhole to clean out debris when a rung on the fixed ladder broke and the employee fell 16.9 feet, resulting in a dislocated left elbow and four fractures to their left heel.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate