Incident date: 2023-10-09
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was removing cable from a overhead compartment while standing on a 8-foot, A-frame step ladder. Some cable from the overhead compartment became loose and swung down, striking the employee and causing him to fall off the ladder to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a wrist fracture and elbow dislocation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and elbow(s)
severity: moderate