Incident date: 2015-09-25
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was on a 10-foot A-Frame ladder grinding a 3-inch carbon steel pipe with a 4.5-inch grinder. The employee fell off the ladder, breaking the left arm in three places (surgery required) and suffering a mild concussion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate