Incident date: 2025-01-29
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee in the coating department was painting a steel bracket for a new tank. The bracket sat about 3 feet above the floor on a steel support rack. The employee stood in the middle of the rectangular shaped bracket while painting. The employee finished painting and went to climb over the support rack. When their left foot hit the ground on the other side of the bracket, their ankle rolled, resulting in factures to the left fibula and tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Climbing or stepping  up or down
code_source: title: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate