Incident date: 2018-10-01
NAICS industry code: 237990

A scaffold carpenter was climbing a ladder to build a deck of scaffolding. He fell about 16 feet to the ground, breaking his right arm. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate