Incident date: 2025-06-29
NAICS industry code: 424410

An employee climbed up a 4-foot step ladder and then stepped onto shelving in the grocery store. They lost balance and fell 3.5 feet, striking a cart and then the floor. The employee sustained a fractured right forearm that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Shelves, shelving, racks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate