Incident date: 2016-10-25
NAICS industry code: 541850

An employee broke both wrists after falling off a ladder. The employee was working on a billboard when the hook ladder he was using slipped off the billboard. The employee fell approximately 14 feet to the ground below.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate