Incident date: 2023-03-29
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was on a 6-foot ladder chipping stucco off a wall. As he was descending the ladder, an extension cord became tangled around his feet, causing him to fall 4 feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained an elbow fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate