Incident date: 2017-11-05
NAICS industry code: 325412

An employee was calibrating a scale on a compounding tank (where chemicals are mixed) while standing on a three-step ladder. While loosening up a connection on top of the tank, the employee fell approximately 3 feet to the ground, fracturing the left wrist and hip.

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