Incident date: 2017-06-12
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was working off an 8-foot step ladder, standing on the sixth step. As he started to descend the ladder, the ladder shifted and he lost his balance and fell to the floor. He landed on his left wrist, causing a severe fracture. He was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate