Incident date: 2019-04-13
NAICS industry code: 325412

On April 13, 2019, an employee was descending a 16-foot fixed ladder after replacing filters on an extraction system. The employee fell from the ladder to the floor 6 feet below, breaking his right arm in two places. A safety harness was not being worn at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate