Incident date: 2025-08-21
NAICS industry code: 623110

An employee was on a ladder checking the fuel level in an oil tank. As they started to descend the ladder, the ladder slid across the fuel tank and the employee slipped and fell off the ladder. Their right little finger was caught between the ladder and a metal stanchion when the ladder struck the floor. The employee sustained an avulsion to their right little finger and a laceration and abrasion to their right arm.

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: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate