Incident date: 2016-01-15
NAICS industry code: 331112

An employee was standing on a 6-foot step ladder, three rungs up, using two spud wrenches to re-align a screw cover. The employee lost his balance and fell injuring his right ankle and shoulder. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate