Incident date: 2024-10-30
NAICS industry code: 236220

A subcontractor employee was sanding the ceiling while on a mobile ladder. The employee was using the ladder to move along the work area as they worked. The ladder slid into a hole in the floor, causing the employee to fall to the floor. He broke both wrists and sustained head trauma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate