Incident date: 2025-05-31
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was working to string cable at a temporary asphalt facility. He had been taking cable from the silos to the control room. He used a ladder to get to another silo and connect a cable. He slipped on the ladder and fell. A cable-supporting hook next to the ladder impaled and tore his right bicep. The employee required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact  unspecified
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate