Incident date: 2024-08-28
NAICS industry code: 452990

An employee was using a step stool to retrieve an item from an upper shelf. As they were coming down the step stool, they missed a step and fell to the floor, sustaining a bilateral tibia fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate