Incident date: 2022-09-23
NAICS industry code: 332410

An employee was on an extension ladder using a pneumatic grinder to prepare a pressure vessel for welding. The ladder slid out from underneath him and the employee fell approximately six feet to the ground, landing on the ladder. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the right lower leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate