Incident date: 2015-05-20
NAICS industry code: 311111

An employee was climbing a 6' stationary ladder in order to unjam a line. He was approximately 6' high when he reached for and missed the handrail. He then lost his balance and fell backwards to the floor, hitting his arm on a conveyer and landing on his backside and knee. He complained of a sore arm and was hospitalized for surgery to the injured arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate