Incident date: 2020-03-13
NAICS industry code: 813219

An employee climbed a 6-foot ladder to cut a tree branch. While cutting the tree branch with an electric saw, the employee lost balance and fell off the ladder sideways, landing on the left side of his back. The employee sustained fractures to the left wrist, ribs, and pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate