Incident date: 2015-12-03
NAICS industry code: 238210

On December 3, 2015, at approximately 1:45 pm, an employee fell from an 8-foot fiberglass stepladder. The employee was installing an exterior light on the side of a building using a hammer drill while standing on the stepladder. The employee fell from the ladder and struck the concrete driveway, fracturing both wrists.  The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate