Incident date: 2022-10-31
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was installing cables to run behind the breaker controls in the main electrical room. The employee was standing on the third rung of a 6-foot A-frame ladder. As the employee was pushing a cable behind the panel, the ladder tipped, causing the employee to fall approximately 3 feet to the floor. The employee landed on their left hand and suffered a fractured wrist. The employee was hospitalized.

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: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate