Incident date: 2024-03-01
NAICS industry code: 236116

An employee was climbing down from a top structure, which was sitting on structural steel horses. As the employee climbed down onto one of the horses, he slipped and fell, landing right-hand-first on the ground 36 inches below. His right wrist was broken.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Tables, desks, work surfaces
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate