Incident date: 2015-04-01
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was painting the top of a doorframe while standing on stilts approximately 3 feet off of the ground. He turned to speak to another employee who had spoken to him; while doing so, he bumped his hard hat, causing him to slip and fall to the ground. He fractured his right arm and left elbow. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Elbow(s) and arms(s)
severity: moderate