Incident date: 2015-12-01
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was using an extension ladder to check the liquid level in a tank when the ladder lost its footing, causing him to fall about 10 feet to the ground below. He fractured his right wrist and was hospitalized.

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