Incident date: 2022-10-03
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was working on a 6-foot step ladder to install a bolt through a hinge on a compressor door. The employee's left leg was caught in the leg of the ladder and he fell down onto the ladder, resulting in a compound fracture to his lower left leg.

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