Incident date: 2017-05-08
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was on a ladder cutting I-beams. He cut one beam and a piece fell and hit the bottom of the ladder causing the ladder to kick out. The employee lost balance and fell resulting in two broken bones in his left wrist and a broken nose.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate