Incident date: 2020-04-30
NAICS industry code: 336350

An employee was approximately 36 inches up on a ladder removing conduit from beneath a catwalk when the base of the ladder kicked out. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a displaced fracture to the right humerus, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate