Incident date: 2019-06-18
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee conducting electrical work was descending a 10-foot step ladder when he lost his balance and fell to the ground, striking his right arm on a metal stud. He was hospitalized with back pain and an arm laceration that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate