Incident date: 2017-10-09
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was drilling a hanger in an overhead utility chase while on an 8-foot ladder. While he was descending the ladder, it kicked out, and he fell to the concrete floor, landing on his right hip and breaking his right femur. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate