Incident date: 2017-01-18
NAICS industry code: 541618

An employee was setting up a 32-foot extension ladder when the top part slid down on the employee's right thumb, fracturing it and tearing a ligament.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate