Incident date: 2022-12-16
NAICS industry code: 541620

An employee was standing on a step ladder, cutting a steel pipe. The pipe fell, struck the ladder, and kicked it out. The employee fell three feet and sustained a broken left arm that required surgery.

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: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate