Incident date: 2017-09-15
NAICS industry code: 332323

An employee was at a construction site installing a steel beam hoisted into position with a forklift. The employee climbed a ladder to access the beam and fell approximately 15 feet sustaining a fractured right femur and a right ankle compound fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate