Incident date: 2021-02-19
NAICS industry code: 311511

On 2/19/2021, an employee was near the top of an extension ladder attempting to "blow out" a clogged milk line. There was ice on the floor where the ladder was standing. The ladder slipped on the ice, and the employee fell onto products/equipment, a concrete barrier pole, and the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the left tibia, nose, left side ribs, and knee cap.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate