Incident date: 2022-08-24
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was climbing down from a fixed ladder on a building. One of the steps came apart due to stripped bolts, causing the employee to fall 11 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured arm, fractured wrist, and fractured hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate