Incident date: 2019-03-02
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was taking photographs of fire caulking from a 28-foot extension ladder. He fell about 8 feet to the ground, suffering injuries to both arms including fractures to the right wrist, left elbow, and thumb and a chin injury that required stitches.

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: Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate