Incident date: 2017-05-30
NAICS industry code: 332410

An employee was on top of a three-foot step ladder to inspect a weld in a large diameter shell. The ladder slipped on the curved shell, the employee lost balance and fell resulting in a fractured right elbow and right tibia and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate