Incident date: 2019-06-04
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was on a 24-foot extension ladder when the ladder's metal feet slid on the smooth concrete floor and the employee fell about 8 feet to the floor. In striking the floor and the ladder, he suffered a broken wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate