Incident date: 2018-12-06
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was exiting from a scaffolding unit and transferring to a fixed ladder when his foot slipped on the top rung of the ladder. The employee attempted to grab the ladder while falling and dislocated both elbows. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Dislocation of joints
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate