Incident date: 2024-02-14
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was working from a ladder while putting siding above the garage door of a residential structure when they fell 10 feet to the paved ground below, resulting in  lower arm fractures to both arms. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate