Incident date: 2021-07-30
NAICS industry code: 532412

An employee was on a straight ladder gathering equipment to be used at a jobsite. When they began descending the ladder, they fell 8 feet from the ladder to the ground below, resulting in fractured wrists, a fractured cheekbone, and a laceration on their hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Straight ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate