Incident date: 2024-10-14
NAICS industry code: 561730

A grapple truck operator was climbing an equipment ladder on the side of his truck to access the grapple station while it was raining. He slipped off a ladder rung and fell about 8 feet to the ground, landing on his left arm and stomach. He was hospitalized with a compound left elbow fracture, two fractured ribs, and a fractured L2 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Dump trucks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate