Incident date: 2016-10-22
NAICS industry code: 561311

An employee was climbing a steel fixed ladder that led to a steel-framed basket attached to a crane. As he was trying to grasp the top rung of the ladder, he lost his grip and fell backward approximately 12.5 feet to the ground below, landing on his right side and fracturing his pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Cranes-other mobile cranes
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate