Incident date: 2016-11-19
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was climbing a wooden ladder with a string of lights over his shoulder. When he reached the top of the ladder, he attempted to grab the rail but missed and fell approximately 20 feet, lacerating the side of his face and head and breaking his wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate