Incident date: 2023-05-18
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was climbing down a benched excavation when they fell approximately 10 feet from the ladder to the bottom of the excavation. The employee was hospitalized for a broken right arm and an injured ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate