Incident date: 2017-06-09
NAICS industry code: 924120

An employee was on a 5-foot ladder, removing burnable material from the roof and gutters of a structure threatened by wildfire, when he fell from the ladder to the ground. He suffered an open tibia/fibula fracture to his left leg.

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