Incident date: 2018-01-03
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee climbed a 14-foot straight ladder in a utility space to reach and close a compressed air supply shut-off valve. As he was reaching out, the ladder kicked out from beneath him and he fell approximately 10 feet to the floor, landing on and fracturing his right hip.

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