Incident date: 2017-07-25
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was removing a 1' X 4' board from a stopped drive belt while standing on a 3-foot fixed ladder when he lost his balance. As he was trying to grab the rail, his left wrist struck the metal guardrail and was fractured, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate