Incident date: 2018-07-17
NAICS industry code: 334515

While descending a portable step ladder to reposition it, an employee missed the bottom rung and fell approximately 18 to 24 inches to the concrete floor below. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right forearm, elbow, and pelvis.

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: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate