Incident date: 2023-03-28
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was climbing down a ladder when his foot/leg became caught on a welding lead that was hung up on one of the rungs. He then lost his footing and fell 12-15 feet to the floor below and sustained a pelvis fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate