Incident date: 2017-10-24
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was standing three rungs up on an open step ladder using a pry bar to pry plywood off from studs when the pry bar slipped. He then lost his balance and fell to the ground, fracturing his left hip/femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate