Incident date: 2018-02-26
NAICS industry code: 321999

An employee was cutting an approximately 5-inch pipe with a powered hand saw while standing on a ladder. The pipe came loose and struck the ladder and the employee knocking the employee to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured right elbow.

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