Incident date: 2019-08-10
NAICS industry code: 512110

An employee was standing about two-thirds of the way up on a 12-foot portable ladder. He was using the claw of a hammer to partially loosen a screw that was embedded on a wooden board attached to the wall. When the screw came free, the employee lost his balance and fell off the ladder landing on his feet on the concrete floor. He sustained a left heel fracture and a right tibia/fibula fracture.

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