Incident date: 2017-05-08
NAICS industry code: 324110

While climbing a ladder to an acid gas/ammonia gas drum platform, an employee missed the second rung from the top of the ladder and fell approximately 7 feet. The employee suffered a fractured hip and lacerated elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate