Incident date: 2023-12-19
NAICS industry code: 238210

On December 19, 2023, an employee was working from a 6-foot ladder decommissioning an old remote cabinet when the rear bolts broke loose. The remote cabinet knocked the employee off the ladder and he fell to the floor. The 30-pound remote cabinet then fell on the employee, causing fractures to the left wrist and left side rib cage.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate