Incident date: 2023-10-24
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was on a 6-foot, A-frame aluminum ladder completing touch-up paint work on the side of a home. He was approximately 4 feet up on the ladder when he slipped and fell, landing on the concrete. The employee sustained a broken wrist and broken left ankle.

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: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate