Incident date: 2024-12-16
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was descending a 20-foot job-made wooden ladder that was wet. As he approached 5 feet, his hands slipped off the ladder and he fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right femur that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Fixed ladder or fire escape
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate