Incident date: 2022-01-25
NAICS industry code: 424690

An employee was on a portable ladder, cutting up an out-of-service storage tank with a circular saw. The employee fell from the ladder to a concrete pad about 9-10 feet below, suffering multiple fractures in both heels and a broken left ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate