Incident date: 2015-03-20
NAICS industry code: 541519

An employee fell while descending a ladder. The ladder slipped, causing the employee to fall to the hard ground surface below. The ladder also landed on top of the employee after the initial fall. The employee sustained fractures to the femur, as well as a knee injury, and required surgery.

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