Incident date: 2015-05-13
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was on an 18-foot extension ladder. While looking to see if the concrete was poured over the rebar, he fell 8 feet to the ground with the ladder, breaking both of his forearms. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate