Incident date: 2015-01-15
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee using a 10-foot A-frame ladder was knocked over when another employee opened a manual overhead door they were working on. The employee fell off the ladder and sustained multiple bone fractures on both forearms and wrists.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate