Incident date: 2017-05-03
NAICS industry code: 622310

An employee was standing on the second rung from the top of an 8-foot step ladder using a tape measurer to hang a picture when the ladder became unbalanced. The employee fell from the ladder and suffered a broken wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate