Incident date: 2018-08-06
NAICS industry code: 23821

An employee was climbing a wall-mounted ship's ladder while holding a PVC pipe under his arm when his hand slipped off a rung and he fell 10 feet to the floor, fracturing both legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate