Incident date: 2019-11-23
NAICS industry code: 541490

An employee was trimming trees when a branch that he cut rotated back into the ladder causing him to fall off the ladder. He sustained a broken arm, a dislocated shoulder, and a fractured wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate