Incident date: 2023-05-26
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was working from a ladder (half an extension ladder placed against a wall), sealing around a wall penetration. The ladder slipped and the employee fell 8 to 10 feet to the ground, suffering a laceration to the inside upper arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Straight ladders
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate