Incident date: 2019-05-18
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was working from a ladder cutting an old pipe. When the pipe was completely cut through, it fell and struck the ladder, knocking the employee to the floor. He broke his femur and was hospitalized.

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