Incident date: 2019-07-11
NAICS industry code: 335311

An employee was standing on an A-frame ladder. While transitioning from the ladder to the top of a transformer unit he slipped and fell off the ladder. The employee landed on their left hip and the back of the head resulting in a left hip fracture requiring surgery, and a laceration to the back of the head requiring staples and stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate