Incident date: 2022-09-06
NAICS industry code: 921190

An employee was climbing down a ladder from an inverted dumpster. The ladder slid backward rapidly and fell over, causing the employee to fall to the ground about 5 feet below. The employee's left wrist was broken.

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: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate