Incident date: 2016-12-07
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was performing pipe-fitting operations at the top of a 6-foot rolling staircase (rollers locked in place). When she reached out and grabbed a fitted pipe, it came loose and caused her to lose her balance and fall down the stairs. She broke her right wrist, left hand, and sacrum.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate