Incident date: 2023-09-19
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was on a ladder applying a corner bead to drywall inside a building. While the employee was coming down the ladder, the ladder tipped over, causing them to fall approximately 5 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a right arm injury that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate