Incident date: 2015-03-05
NAICS industry code: 452112

The injured employee was auditing inventory/scanning freight using a ladder. The employee was holding on to the ladder with the right hand and held a telxon in the left hand. While descending the ladder, the employee missed the third step and fell approximately 4 feet to the ground. The employee landed on the left leg, breaking it in several places.

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: Multiple leg locations, unspecified
severity: moderate