Incident date: 2016-04-05
NAICS industry code: 238990

On or about April 5, 2016, at 1:00 p.m., an employee slipped and fell 6 to 8 feet from the fixed industrial ladder to the boiler's eighth elevation platform, suffering compound fractures to the tibia and fibula, as well as metatarsal fractures in both feet. He was hospitalized overnight for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate