Incident date: 2025-07-31
NAICS industry code: 488190

An employee was preparing the aft cargo door of an aircraft for painting, while standing on a ladder. The employee was using a grinder and wearing a half-mask respirator when he fell to the hangar floor. The employee sustained a dislocated elbow requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Dislocations
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate